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.