week of March 28

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of March 28)
This week in Phonics, we will be working on the combination “qu” like in Queen. Q and U always are together and we will be having a pretend wedding as a culminating activity to bring this concept to life. Invitations for the children are with the newsletter. Our Queen Day will be on: Wednesday, March 30 and the girls will have the opportunity to wear their crowns and be treated like royalty!
Our new Reading story is: “Max Takes the Train” and we will be working on different ways to travel. We will also be comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction stories.
In Math, we will be working on: counting forward and backward, tangrams, measuring objects with nonstandard units, length, and graphing on a pictogram.
Report cards will be sent home next week; please sign and return them as soon as possible. It is hard to believe that there is only one marking period left in this Kindergarten year!
In Science, we are working on Animals Two by Two and have been observing goldfish and guppies and have seen worms in their dirt habitat. We have also compared and contrasted different kinds of bugs.

J ust a reminder, Kindergarten graduation pictures will be on April 7, please return the photo forms as soon as possible.

On April 14, there will be school Physicals for anyone who returned a purple form if it was sent home by the school nurse. They had to be rescheduled due to a conflict with the doctor.

Please continue to wear coats to school, the weather is very unpredictable and we like to be outside at recess as much as possible.
Everyone is doing such a good job! Give yourself a cheer!

Week of March 21

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter

Homework
1/2 sheet, review decodable reader, sight words, and numbers

Our new letter in phonics is the consonant W as in wagon. We will manipulate sounds in words, identify the accent on a syllable within a word and count letter sounds in words.
We will have fun with water on Watery Wednesday. We will look at water displacement, sink and float, evaporation and many more fun experiments!
In Math we will be identifying and ordering numbers, comparing sets of objects, making ABBC patterns, dividing by sharing and identifying right and left.
Our new Reading story is called Abuela. We will talk about adventures you can have in a city. Our skill will be setting.
In Science we will continue to observe goldfish, guppies, worms and snails.
Kindergarten Graduation pictures will be on April 7. Watch your child’s folder for more information.

week of March 14

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of March 14)
Homework for the Week:
Monday-Thursday: ½ sheet written practice, word list practice, sight word practice, decodable reader
Next week in Phonics, we will be learning the letter “Xx”. The sound for the letter is like at the end of the word, “Fox.” We will also be have a treasure hunt this week like pirates do when they are looking on a treasure map for “X marks the spot”. There will be no show and tell this week.
In Reading, our new story is called “If You Could Go to Antarctica” and it will continue our unit on “adventures”. The key concept question will be about places your adventures can take you. We will practice working on nonfiction and earth science concepts as well as classifying and categorizing.
In Math, we will practice our counting by 5’s and counting nickels to $.50. We will also be exploring addition and subtraction sentences. Please continue to review counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s.
*Daylight savings time starts this weekend; please don’t forget to spring forward!
*St. Patrick’s Day is on Thursday; wear your green to be festive!
*Gym is on Thursday, please wear your sneakers. Library will be on Tuesday, please don’t forget your books.

week of March 7

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter (Week of March 7)
Homework
½ sheet, sight word practice, word list practice, and Independent Oral Reading sheet daily
In Phonics we will be learning the letter J as in jar and Jones. We will work on medial sounds in words and syllables.
Our new Reading story is called Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Our focus will be the Characters in the story.
Our Math topics for the week will be identifying and counting nickels, identifying a cylinder, ordering objects by height and creating patterns.
Kindergarten Registration will be held March 7-11 for incoming Kindergarten students.
Wednesday, March 2nd was Read Across America Day in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. We read some great books and made some fun things to go along with the stories like gak, hats and our own Dr. Seuss characters. On Friday, March 4th some students from Bloomsburg University visited our classroom to read Dr. Seuss books and do a follow up activity with the students. We had many guest readers! Be sure to ask your child about their day!
*Newspaper in Education Week is a program sponsored by the Pottsville Republican & Herald to promote interest in the newspaper in our schools. It will be starting on Monday, March 7th and continue through Friday, March 11th. Watch the paper for our ad and also record your reading each day on the I’m a Reader Take Home Challenge sheet that was sent home in your child’s folder.
Monday will be Day 1. Don’t forget your sneakers for Gym and your library book for Tuesday’s library class.