OLPH KINDERGARTEN NEWS! 
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Website
Kindergarten Handbook 
New Scientist photos and descriptions are below!
I also added a new Barnes and Noble book to read!
Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend with your family and friends! School reopens on Tuesday, May 29th!
Today I am sending home our last reading assessment. Please sign and return on Tuesday.The children have come very far with reading skills. Many are reading independently. Some are still working on their word wall words. No matter what step of the reading ladder your child is climbing, please continue to develop those skills over the summer. Reading to them and also with them should be a daily activity! Visit the library and participate in their summer reading program. If your child is still working on Wall Words, continue to practice with fun games like concentration using index cards or make bingo boards and write the words they still need to practice. Not only will it help with reading in first grade but it will also be time well spent with your child!
Math assessments came home yesterday and should have been returned today. We just started our last Math chapter. It is counting and number patterns to 100. We have been practicing much of this all year. We will use this as a review. If we do not finish, we will send the booklets home for summer days! There will be no end of chapter assessment. Practice numbers over the summer. Some are still working on number formation and keeping our numbers from "walking backwards"! In first grade the children will be expected to write numbers correctly during assessment times! Fun at the Lehigh Valley Zoo with our 8th grade buddies!
We have been busy practicing our songs for our BIG DAY! I will send home our "lines" to practice on Tuesday! Most families have fulfilled all financial obligations to the school. The final day is June 1st to have all gift certificate purchases completed in order for your child to participate in graduation! Thank you for supporting our school.
Fancy Nancy loves to use $10 words!
Click the screen to hear the story, Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly ! You can also access many other books through the Barnes and Noble site when you are finished!
Keep Reading!!
If you would like a copy of any of the kindergarten photos from this year, you can go to www.photbucket.com and search for OLPHK. When you do that you can click on user's profile and you will be able to see all of our photos from this year! 
I will be offering remedial or enrichment tutoring for grades K-6 this summer. Please contact me if interested to inquire about rates and days available!
Show & Tell Days: Red-Wednesday, Yellow-Thursday, and Blue-Friday!
Other dates to Remember:
June 1st: Volunteer Luncheon. Thank you to all the people who make our school the best place it can be. A special thank you to all those who helped with table centers this year!
June 4th: Kindergarten and First Grade Family Picnic at Louise Moore Park 10:00-? We meet at the park.
June 7th: Kindergarten Graduation 10:00 AM Marian Inn. Parents and other family and friends are welcome to come!
(I know many of you may need to arrange days off for these special events so I wanted to give you plenty of time to plan!)
Show & Tell days: Red-Wednesday, Yellow-Thursday and Blue-Fridays! Kindergarteners learn in so many different ways! Thank you to everyone who has helped us with centers! We really appreciate your time and talents in Kindergarten!
Enjoy the pictures of all the fun! Kindergarten Fun Days! 
Super Scientists of the Day!
Ashylnne made ooblick to show us how something can be a liquid and a solid!
Cadence made an electromagnet and showed us how electricity can create a magnetic field!
Robbie turned all the colors into white light by spinning his color wheel! Sammy showed us how she could make paper dolls dance using magnets! Lyubomir showed us many different kinds of magnets and how they could even work through paper, water and glass!
Jennifer taught us about density by using colored water and oil
Paper towels, tissues, zip lock bags and wipes will be needed throughout the year. I have spread it out over the year to help with storage. Families from A-D please send in during September, E-H during November, I-L during January, M-R during Feb/March, and S-Z during April/May. I will post reminders! Thank you so much. (If you have already purchased these items and would like to send in now, we will gladly accept them!)
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Bishop Barres visits Kindergarten!
"Christ in our minds, Christ in our hearts and Christ in our hands." February, 2011
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