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Click on this link to find the learning standards for kindergartners in the State of IL: 

    http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/html/kindergarten_corner.htm.

    OUR SCHOOL WAS LISTED IN THE CHICAGO SUN TIMES' TOP 100 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS!    NORTHPOINT ELEMENTARY WAS RANKED 85th out of 2,200 state schools! 

                                      Important Dates 

         -Snack supplies during March  -  Girls' turn. . . thanks a bunch!

                                 -I could also use some refill packages for our wipes!  

Fri. March 12      -  Ethnicity forms due to office  

                              Report card envelopes and blue signature cards due to KD                              

Mon. March 15      -  KD Music Concert    7:00   Students report to classroom at 6:45  Commons doors may be locked until 6:45.  

Tues. March 16    -  Kindergarten Registration for '10 -'11 School year

Fri. March 19        - KD Pajama Day (no slippers)Bring a sml sleeping bag or beach towel  to watch Disney movie  "Snow Buddies" 

Spring Break          - March 22 - 26

Wed. March 31      -   Parent Helpers/Literature Circles  1:00 - 2:00  "Famous Americans" Jean K.

 

          2010    Kindergarten New Year's Resolutions  

- practice football                                          -teach my cat ballet         

-be a good singer like Taylor Swift                -learn how to draw big hearts

-try to ride an elephant                                 -practice riding my dirt bike

-have a party this summer                            -teach my cat how to disco dance

-be in a rock and roll band                           -practice baseball

-learn how to use a telescope                        -teach my dogs how to  disco dance

-become a dirt bike racer                              -learn how to lift weights

-sing really good in a concert and be brave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                Word Fun

       Here are some activities that your child might enjoy at home:

       ***A list of high frequency words for kindergarten are included on our class website/curriculum.  

     1.  Enjoy a book, poem or song!

     2.  Use Abc pasta or Alphabits cereal to make familiar words.  

     3.   Go on a word hunt in your home.   Write down words and make your own dictionary.   If you include pictures with the words you can make a

        picture dictionary.  

     4.  Make your own Bingo game or Concentration game using our sight words.

     5.  Use a marker to highlight sight words that are in the newspaper headlines.

     6.  Use shaving cream on a tray or cookie sheet.   Write and spell the sight words in the shaving cream.    Then just for fun. . . blow up a balloon and draw a face with a marker.   Spread shaving cream on the balloon for a beard.   Use a popsicle stick to 'shave' the beard!    This activity is fun to do outdoors.   Use a wading pool to rinse the balloon face again and again!

     7.   Play school with your child but allow them to be the teacher!   

     8.  Enjoy a family puzzle or game night!   

     9.   As you enjoy stories at home, look on each page for different kinds of punctuation.    

             Ten Ways to Become a Good Reader

Read       Read       Read                    Read

Read        Read    Read          Read

                Read       Read

     Remind your child that 'good readers' do not know all of the words. . . they try 'tricks' or strategies to help them figure out the words that they do not know!  (Look at the word and try the letter sounds; read on in the sentence; look at picture clues; try a word that makes sense in the sentence; if the word is long, look at word parts or syllables.)