Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (Week of October 18)
This week’s homework:
Monday: ½ sheet and sight words
Tuesday: ½ sheet and Show and Tell
Wednesday: ½ sheet and Handwriting (get PJ’s ready for Thurs.)
Thursday: Halloween costume questionnaire
*All week* Please practice reader and sign nightly so that your child can get a treat on Friday.
A big THANK YOU! To all of the volunteers that helped prepare and work and clean-up for the Fall Festival. The Kindergarten students and their Reading Buddies had a very nice time. Though the weather kept us inside, the fun activities kept our spirits up and it was a great experience. Give yourselves a cheer!!
In Reading, we will continue our story “Julius” about a pig that becomes a friend. We will also continue to discuss story elements that include: setting, characters, sequence, plot, and classifying and categorizing. The students seem to really enjoy this story, so feel free to ask them what happens when the pig comes to live with the family.
In Math, we will work on sequencing numbers, ordinal position, and patterns. We will also be counting as far as we can all the way to 100. Please also review making numbers to 10.
In Phonics, our new letter will be Pp like in Pig. The sight words will also be coming home to review daily in the bag and this will help your child become a fluent reader. To celebrate our letter Pp, we will be holding our annual Pajama Party for Kindergarten. On Thursday, October 21, your child can wear their pajamas to school to celebrate. Your child can wear slippers in school, but please have them wear real shoes to ride the bus.
On Friday, we will be walking around the High School track to participate in the “Diabetes Walk”. Please dress in Gym clothes because we will also be having Gym as our special that day. Sneakers are a must!!
We hope that everyone had a chance to look through their Practice Packets that were sent home. We were so excited to have such a positive response when we asked who was interested in them. Over the course of the school year, we might send home some additional materials for you to add to the packet. Once again, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Keep up the great work!