Week of November 21

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter (November 21)

There will be no homework next week.

There will be an 11:45 dismissal on Wednesday, November 23. Happy Thanksgiving!

Next week we will be discussing Thanksgiving and working on activities like vests, necklaces, making butter, cornbread and watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving with our Reading Buddies.
There will be no school store until Santa’s shop is over. More information on Santa’s shop will follow.
** There will not be a new letter in Phonics next week. Please review all the letters and sounds we have learned so far (Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm, Ii)! When we return from Thanksgiving break we will work with the consonant S as in sun and snake.

Our new Reading story is Little Panda. We will discuss how a panda changes in its first year of life. We will check out zoo web cams and compare and contrast baby and adult pandas.
In Math we will name shape pieces and identify missing pieces in a matrix and describe the relative position of objects.

On Tuesday, November 29th, a letter to Santa will be coming home for you to complete with your child. Please return this letter by Monday, December 5th. On Friday, December 9th a postman will pick up the letters at school and take them directly to Santa at the North Pole!

The K-2 music Christmas music program will be held on Monday, December 12 at 9:30 in the high school auditorium.

Monday will be Day 3 Music.
Tuesday will be Day 4 Gym.
Wednesday will be Day 5 Computers.
When we return Tuesday, November 29 it will be Day 1 Art.

The menu for the 1/2 day is as follows:
Egg and Cheese Sandwich w/carrots
pears and 1/2 pint of milk
The alternate will be a Hot Dog on a roll.
There will be NO WRAPS

week of November 14

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of November 14)

Homework for the week:
Monday- A change of pace! A Book Report Sheet will be coming home on Monday, please pick out your favorite book from home and help your child fill out the sheet. Please return the Book Report by Friday.
Tuesday-Thursday: Reader practice, ½ sheet practice, word list practice
In Phonics, we will be learning the letter Ii like in Igloo and Icicle, though we will be focusing on the short sound of Ii. Our second Phonics Decodable Reader, Hop on the Mop will be coming home to read. We are also working on syllables in words and clapping the syllables for each word. We will also be introduced to twin consonants in words and we will code them by crossing out the last of the twin consonants because we only make the sound of one of the consonants. An example would be the words: hill, inn, or mitt.
We are incorporating I Pads and their technology for our Phonics and Kid Writing lessons next week.
In Reading, our new story is “Whose Garden Is It?” and it is a nice wrap up to our previous Tree Science Unit. We will be talking about the plants and animals that live in gardens and parts of the plant. This is a rhyming story and we have been working on the “at” word family and the “og” word family previously.
In Math, we will be writing and ordering money amounts to 10 cents. We will be having a classroom store and practice using money to 10 cents. We will continue to practice grouping and classifying and identifying objects that don’t belong. Our new pattern in the Math Meeting is an ABB pattern.
Congratulations to our recent “3 Cheers” Winners! A “3 Cheers” Winner” follows the rules, tries their very best, and has a good attitude in school. There are lots of certificates to give, so keep up the good work and try hard!
This is our last full week before Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving Break will be: an early dismissal on November 23 @ 11:45, No School on November 24, 25, and 28. We will see you back on November 29.
Monday will be Day 3. Tuesday will be Day 4 and we have Gym. Friday will be Day 2, Book Exchange.

Week of November 7

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter (Week of November 7)

Monday – Thursday --Practice sight words and Reader (from plastic sleeve in folder) and ½ sheet.
Please return your child’s report card in their folder after you sign it. Thank you!
Study Folders were sent home. After looking at your report card, use the materials to work on the skills that need strengthening or to work ahead at your own pace.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back this weekend. Please remember that as per the dress code shorts are no longer permitted.
In phonics we’ll be learning about the letter Mm. We will be working on listening for and identifying the initial and final sounds in words. Also we will play a game to rhyme words. We will unblend words and count the sounds. Lastly, we will begin a new take home story. It is called Hop on the Mop. Look for it next week for homework practice.
Our new Reading story is A Bed for the Winter. We will discuss hibernation and animal homes for the winter. We will also talk about the sequence of the story.
In Math we will begin to identify time to the hour, identify ordinal position, identify before, after and between, order money amounts to ten cents and solve problems by acting out it out and drawing a picture.
Monday is Day 4. Don’t forget your sneakers for Gym!
There is no school Friday, November 11 due to an Act 80 day.

week of October 31 (Halloween)

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of October 31)
Happy Halloween

Monday: ½ sheet practice
Tuesday: ½ sheet practice and reader practice
Wednesday: ½ sheet practice, reader practice, handwriting practice
Thursday: ½ sheet practice and reader practice
*Readers will start coming home on Tuesdays and can be practiced Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night. We will introduce the reader the week before, review it on Monday and send it on Tuesday. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.*
Just a reminder, conferences for Grades Kindergarten to 3 will be held from 4-6 pm on Tuesday, November 1. We hope to see you there!
Our new letter is Nn like in Nest. We will continue to review letter sounds and use them to blend words in the word list. If you have any questions/concerns about the blending or the word list, feel free to let us know.
Our new Reading Story is “Bear Snores On” and we will sequence the story and compare this fiction story to our last story, “Animal Babies in Grasslands” which was nonfiction. We will also be talking about animal hibernation. We just finished up our study of nocturnal animals, with a focus on Bats for Halloween!
In Math, we will be reviewing shapes, numbers 0-10, and aspects of the calendar. We have already introduced a penny and its value, but feel free to talk about other coins and their values at home or in the community.
This past week, we were able to Skype with one of the computer teachers, Ms. Kraft. She is in South Africa to help share technology with communities there. We were able to ask questions about her visit.
We also celebrated Red Ribbon week and the “Just Say No” campaign. We will have our lesson with Ms. Rowland this upcoming week.
A big Kindergarten thank you goes out to Chase’s parents for coming in to share 911 and safety tips with all of us. It was a great culmination to Fire Safety Month and community helpers.
Just a reminder, please do not send in candy for snack. Thanks for your cooperation!