week of November 22, 2010

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of November 22)
N o homework next week due to the short week! Please continue to review the sight words, the reader, or work on your practice packet next week and over the break as you see fit. Enjoy your time off!
There will be no school store until we get back to school after winter break. The “Little Shopper’s Shop” will be open from the time that we get back to school from Thanksgiving break until the second week of December.
Our shopping day is Tuesday, November 30. Please read the attached sheet about the shop and fill out the envelope accordingly if you would like your child to participate. They can be sent back as soon as you would like, but we do not shop until November 30.
We will be having an early dismissal on Wednesday, November 24 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no breakfast served that day and lunches will be moved up because we will be getting dismissed at 11:45 and there will be only two choices for lunch. They will be either a hot dog or pizza or your child can bring a lunch that day.
If anyone would like to purchase the bus cut-outs in memory of Mr. Earl Richards, please fill out the form and return it with the money no later than Wednesday, November 24. We appreciate the donations that have come in so far.
Next week we have Gym on Monday, it is Day 1. Please bring back your library books on Tuesday.
We will continue work on our story,” Animal Babies in the Grasslands”. We will also review all of the letters and sounds that we have learned and blending Word List 3. In Math, we will review time, money, and ordinal numbers.

On Tuesday, we will be having a “Thanksgiving Feast” with our Reading Buddies. We will watch a “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” b and eat some healthy foods like apples, carrots, celery, and air-popped popcorn.

Week of November 8

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of November 8)

Monday - half sheet & practice reader and sight words
Tuesday - half sheet & practice reader and sight words & M Show and Tell
Wednesday - half sheet & practice reader and sight words
Thursday - half sheet & practice reader and sight words

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Parent/Teacher conference. We enjoyed talking to each of you and thank you for taking such an active role in your child’s education. Everyone has been so nice to work with. We really enjoy working with your children every day. They are a great bunch! Give yourselves a cheer!
Don’t forget: Homework should not take a long time. If your child is reaching frustration:
Take a break, write us a note, read their reader to them and have them pick out words. The important part is that they are seeing and hearing the material each night to reinforce what we do in school.
Next week in Phonics we will focus on the letter Mm as in monkey. We will identify initial and final sounds in words, think of rhyming words, and unblend sounds in words.
In Math we will solve problems by looking for patterns, identify and count pennies, match number cards to a set of objects and describe the relative position of objects.
Our new Reading story is called Armadillo’s Orange. We will talk about animals that live in an Orange Grove. We will also work with the story element Setting.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour this weekend!
Our Personal Safety program will be next we. Please send the form in your child’s folder back only if you do not give permission for them to participate.
We go outside daily. Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather! Make sure coats and hats are labeled. We have many that are the same.