week of January 2, 2013

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of January 2, 2013)

In Phonics, our new letter is Bb like in Balloon.  Please review all letters and sounds and continue practicing all of the sight words over the holiday break.

 

In Math, we will be “counting on” with bears and other manipulatives.  We will also be working with numbers 0-20 with counting, writing and putting the numbers in order.  We will be looking at a set of numbers and determining number position using a number line.

 

Our new Reading story is “Farfallina and Marcel” and it is about how friendships change.  We will be talking about the plot of the story.  We will also be continuing our verb work and talking about using verbs in past tense.

 

Because we were celebrating all week, we continued the fun with King Day on Wednesday.  The Kings (boys) wore crowns, got to line up first, got to play a fun Phonics game, and were called King or Your Majesty.  The girls were oh so kind to push in chairs, pass out their papers, and help whenever possible.  The roles will be reversed when it is Queen Day for the letter Qq.  Congratulations to the class for working so nicely together in the Kingdom of Kindergarten!

 

We will be back in school on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.  It will be day 1B, Art.  Thursday will be Book Exchange, please remember your library books.

 

On behalf of Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones, we wish all the families a very happy holiday season.  We hope that you have a very happy and healthy New Year.  We look forward to the New Year and the continued growth and progress for the remainder of the school year.

Week of December 17

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (Week of December 17)

Our new letter in Phonics will be K as in kite! We will continue to work with compound words, syllables and manipulating sounds in words. We will celebrate King day when we return from Christmas break. More information will be sent at a later date.

In Math we will match numbers to sets, compare numbers, problem solve and weigh objects using nonstandard objects.

Our new Reading story is called See How We Grow. The story follows twin girls, Samantha and Serena, and shows how they grow and change from babies to young children. We will talk about how we have grown and changed in the same ways.  We ask that every child bring a baby picture of themselves to help make the comparison!

Kindergarten will be having a Polar Express day on Friday, December 21^st as a treat for the holidays.  Students are asked to wear their pajamas to school to dress like the characters in the book. Please be sure to wear shoes/sneakers and coats to school. Hot Chocolate will be served!

We will perform on December 17 for the K-2 concert at 9:30 in the high school auditorium. Hope to see you there. NO HATS, Reindeer antlers, or jingle bells, No Jeans, t-shirts, or high heels!

*The 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Band and Chorus Concert will be held in the H.S. Auditorium @ 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 20th.  All are invited to attend!!!  We will travel to the high school auditorium to watch the Elementary Band and Chorus Concert on December 14.

*Students will need to be prepared for colder weather @ recess.  Warm coats, gloves or mittens, hats and/or scarves are needed.  Recess is a half an hour and unless the ground is snow-covered or it is too cold we will try to get outside for “fresh air”.

*There will be an early dismissal for students on Friday, December 21st @ 1:00pm  Students will follow a compressed schedule. School will then be closed from December 22nd until it reopens on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

Monday will be Day 1 , we have Art. Don’t forget library books for Tuesday, Day 2 and sneakers for Thursday, Day 4.

Week of December 10

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (Week of December 10)

In Phonics, we will learn about the letter R as in rabbit. We will work with compound words, syllables and manipulate sounds in words. We will also continue to review letters, sounds, sight words and blending.

In Math, we will estimate, count by 10’s, identify a dime, trade pennies for dimes, create and extend ABB patterns.

Our new Reading story is called Little Quack.  We will discuss new things that we can do as we grow and change. Our reading skill is Plot. We call the things that happen in the beginning, middle and the end of a story the plot.

Thank you to our postman for stopping by Kindergarten to pick up our letters to Santa. He promised to deliver them to the North Pole!

We will perform on December 17 for the K-2 concert at 9:30 in the high school auditorium. Hope to see you there. NO HATS, Reindeer antlers, or jingle bells, No Jeans, t-shirts, or high heels!

*The 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Band and Chorus Concert will be held in the H.S. Auditorium @ 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 20th.  All are invited to attend!!!  We will travel to the high school auditorium to watch the Elementary Band and Chorus Concert on December 14.

*Students will need to be prepared for colder weather @ recess.  Warm coats, gloves or mittens, hats and/or scarves are needed.  Recess is a half an hour and unless the ground is snow-covered or it is too cold we will try to get outside for “fresh air”.

*There will be an early dismissal for students on Friday, December 21st  @ 1:00pm  Students will follow a compressed schedule. School will then be closed from December 22nd until it reopens on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

Monday is Day 2. We will have Book Exchange. Don’t forget your library books. Wednesday is Day 4 and we will have Gym. Don’t forget your sneakers!

week of December 3, 2012

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of December 3)

Homework for the week:

Monday:

all Santa letters due back and ½ sheet practice

Tuesday-Thursday:

½ sheet practice and reader practice, please don’t forget to practice sight words in the envelopes as well

Our new letter is Ff like in Fish. We have been working really hard reviewing all sounds and letters daily and our Phonics papers are now including words that have 4 sounds to blend. If your child is having trouble blending the words, there are still many things that you can do with the word lists to practice the words. You can practice identifying all the letters, making their sounds, and model blending the words. Also, using the words in sentences or talking about the words makes your child more familiar with the words. If you need any other suggestions or need more information, please let us know.

Our new reading story is Little Panda. It will be an informational story about a panda born in a zoo. We will compare and contrast baby pandas and mother pandas. We also have been working very hard on our adjectives (describing words) for colors, sizes, and numbers.

In Math, we will be counting pennies and problem solving. We will also be matching numbers to the correct amount of dots. We will continue our work with the geoboards and everyone did such a good job with making plane shapes this past week.

We would like to give a great big thank you to our presenters from the Seatbelt Safety Program as well as a great job to the Kindergarteners. They were a very good audience and were well behaved!

Our mailman friend will coming to visit us on Friday to collect our letters to Santa and will make sure they get to the North Pole. This is a very special time for Kindergarten and we have lots of fun and meaningful activities planned to make the most of the holiday season.