*Mrs. Bernosky’s Kindergarten Newsletter* *First week of school* We made it!! The first week of school is over and all the children and the “teacher” survived!!! The girls and boys learned a lot about the school rules and the consequences if they are not followed. We even learned a song about school rules. I saw an improvement of behavior each day as the children became aware of my expectations. I believe that we are off to a great start and I am looking forward to a great year. We began this week exploring how many objects in a set, and learning about the numbers 1 to 5 in Math, and we learned the correct way to write them. Keep practicing writing these numbers at home. The children are doing a great job writing their names, and did a super job returning the homework all week. I will send homework on Monday through Thursday, and no homework will be given on the weekends! Phonics began on Tuesday introducing the very first letter, the letter Ll. We are learning that there is a capital and a lowercase letter. We learned the sound of “L” and that we always begin at the top to write both the capital and lowercase “L”. We will begin our Reading Series by reading the book “The Little School Bus” by Carol Roth. The genre of this story is a rhyming story, and the comprehension skill is character. A “Family Times” newsletter will be sent home with details about the story and the skills that we will be working on. We will continue this unit next week. We practiced a fire drill on Thursday so that the children can get use to walking to the high school football field which is where we assembly for fire drills. Friday afternoon, we hiked over to the football field for a school wide pep rally. Go Spartans!!!!!!!! Week of September 2nd– 6th Monday- Labor Day – no school Tuesday- The students will be upset because they have to start all over again getting adjusted to being at school. Due to the change in the schedule because of the pep-rally, Tuesday will be day # 5 and we will have music class. We will begin our Reading Series by reading the book “The Little School Bus” by Carol Roth. The genre of this story is a rhyming story, and the comprehension skill is character. A “Family Times” newsletter will be sent home with details about the story and the skills that we will be working on. We will continue this unit next week. Wednesday- We will finish up with the letter “L” for phonics, and continue with our reading story. Thursday- We have finished up the letter “L” this week and to celebrate we are having a “Little Luau” in Mrs. Bernosky’s class. The children can dress in tropical prints, bright colors, Hawaiian shirts, etc. It is ok if your child is not dressed according to the dress code policy on this day, but please no denim or flip flops. We will begin learning the letter “O” this week .Make sure that you go over all of the papers at home with your child to keep you informed about what your child is doing at school. *Friday, September 6th will be school pictures and the order forms will come home in your child’s folder. You must send the money in the envelope provided on or before picture day or your child will not be permitted to have their picture taken. This will be day # 3, computer class, so the children don’t have to worry about wearing “gym attire” on picture day. *Every Friday of the school year is spirit day. This is an optional activity that our school does to promote school spirit for our sport teams. The children are permitted to wear any North Schuylkill t-shirt or NS shirt and uniform pants or shorts. They can also still wear the regular uniform clothing if they wish. *Snack and lunch is getting better, but some of the children are still struggling. Please discuss what they are going to pick if they are eating the cafeteria food, and show them what they will have for snack. *Please keep wearing bus tags every day because the children don’t know their bus numbers yet. *Some parents have not returned all of the required forms from the beginning of the school year yet. Please submit them no later than Tuesday, Sept. 4th. I will try to send extra papers to the people who are missing them. If you don’t get any them you know you are fine. Have a great long weekend and great Labor Day! Mrs. Bernosky