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May News
Ms. Marsic and Ms. Sanitas FDK Class

Kindergarten
Celebration
Please save the date for our
upcoming Kindergarten
Growing Celebration.
Thursday June 11, 2015
At 9:40am
In our school gym

Happy Mothers Day!

We want to wish each and every mommy and
grandmother in our classroom community a very
Happy Mothers Day! You do so much for your little
ones and it shows. Our class is full of kind and amazing
little learners because of the wonderful things you
teach them and the activities you do with them daily.
Thank you all for being very special mommies.

We hope you can attend!

More information to follow.

God bless you all.

Religion Virtue Recipients

April

May

June

Reverence

Responsibility
I will be reliable
& accountable
for the things I
say and do.

Honesty/ Integrity
I will be trustworthy,
honest & stand by
what I know is
good and right.

Congratulations

Christian D.

We cant wait to show off

all of the songs and prayers
we have been practicing
as we thank God for the
many blessings He has
given us this year. Come
see how much we have
accomplished and grown.

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YORK CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

MAY 2015

Making Math Meaningful

This month we will focus on data
management and probability. We will also
continue to work with number sense as we

Rolling 6
Count together the number of times you
need to roll a die or number cube before

explore estimation and the concept of more

and fewer. Here are some games to try:

rolling the number 6. You can use a tally mark

to record each roll. Repeat the game to

Making Tallies

determine the greatest and least number of

times it takes to roll 6.

Your child can gather interesting data by

posting a piece of paper with a question and
a pencil in different places in your home.
Have the rest of the family help by

How many steps

Ask your child to estimate the number of
steps it will take to get from one place to

responding to the various questions by

recording tally marks. Here are some ideas:

another in your home (e.g. the kitchen to the

front door), and count to check the actual

Refrigerator door: How many times do we

open the fridge door in one day?

number of steps. Have your child record the

results to determine the greatest and least
number of steps taken.

Light switch: How many times do we turn this

light on and off in one day?

Popcorn Words

A list of words that will pop up frequently in our

reading and writing program this month:
your
come
by
of
me
if
how
what
why
small
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