Kindergarten News: December 12-16

Next week in Reading we will continue with Unit 3, and read the story See How We Grow.  We will be discussing children changing as they grow.  Students will learn about cause and effect.  In Phonics we will be learning the consonant “Rr” as in rabbit, rat, and reindeer!  Word List 6 is coming home today and will be tested on Friday, December 16th.  This will be our last Word List until after Christmas.  In Math we’ll learn a new shape called a cube and also practice more with Geoboards.
       
 Our local postman (Eric Hughes) and one of Santa’s elves (Danielle Laurusevage) visited our classroom to collect our letters to Santa today!  Each student was given a special seal to make sure that the letters make it to the North Pole!  ***Please watch your child’s folder for a letter FROM Santa next week!

Family and Friends are invited to attend the K-2 Christmas Concert which will be held Monday, December 12th at 9:30 in the North Schuylkill High School Auditorium.  School dress code or nicer may be worn but NO spirit or gym cloths!
   
On Friday, December 16th, we will travel to the high school to watch the NSE Band and Chorus perform their Christmas Concert.

Wednesday, December 21st we will travel to the high school to see the NSHS Band and Chorus perform their Christmas concert. 

On December 22nd, we will be celebrating the story the “The Polar Express.”  Students are invited to dress like the characters of the story by wearing their pajamas to school.  We will have hot chocolate, cookies, make crafts, and read the book “The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg. 

December 23rd is an early dismissal for students (11:45.)