Week of January 28

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (Week of January 28)

Our new phonics letter is E as in elephant.  We will work on segmenting and alphabetizing the letters of the alphabet. Please continue to practice sight words.

In Math we will work with goeboards, measuring the length of objects, pattern blocks and problem solving.

Our new Reading story is called Lucky Day. We will discuss where our adventures will take us. Our focus will be on cause and effect because when we read what happened and figure out why it happened we can better understand the story.

Please remember hats, gloves, and warm coats next week. Hopefully the temperatures will rise and we will be able to go outside for some fresh air at recess time.

week of January 21, 2013

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of January 21)

In Phonics, we will be working on the letter Cc like in Cat.  It makes the same sound as Kk and our new phonics rule is: We spell the /k/ sound with the letter K when the sound is followed by the letters e,I, or y.  We spell the /k/ sound with the letter C when the sound is followed by the letters a,o,u or any consonant.  We will also be working on alphabetical order and continue to review beginning sounds and rhyming.

In Math, we will be comparing length and identifying longer and shorter.  We will also be naming shape pieces using three attributes of size, shape, and color.  We will continue to review the numbers 0-20 by counting objects and writing the numbers.  We have been using penny, nickel, and dime daily in our Math Meeting and started talking about cutting objects in half.

Our new unit is “Let’s Explore” and we will be talking about where our adventure will take us.  Bunny Day is our new story and we will be talking about our daily adventures as well as time to the hour.  We will also be talking about the naming parts of our sentences.

The presidential inauguration is Monday, January 21 and so is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  We have been talking about the importance of this day this past week through Weekly Readers and Brain Pop Jr.

Report cards will be going home on Wednesday, January 23.  Please sign and return them as soon as possible.  Any questions or concerns, please let us know.

Monday is the 92^nd day of school and we are now in the 3^rd marking period and inching closer to the very special 100^th day of school.  More information will follow this very important day in Kindergarten, but we have been preparing by counting to 100 by 1s, 10s, and 5s. 

Thursday is Day 2, Library.  Please remember your library book.

Have a super week!

week of January 14, 2013

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

 

In Phonics, our new letter is Zz like in Zebra.  We will be working on alphabetical order and identifying position of sounds in words.  We will also be identifying how many words are in a given sentence.

In Math, we will be covering a design in more than one way with pattern blocks.  We will also continue to work on numbers to 20 and using objects to represent numbers to 20.  We will also act out story problems and we have been counting to 100 by ones, tens, and fives.

Our new Reading story is Hide Clyde about a chameleon.  We will be wrapping up our unit about how people, plants, and animals grow and change this week.  Our target skill is Main Idea of the story. We will also be working on the difference between questions and answers.

 

Great Job to our class on the United States report and Dibels testing!  We had a very busy week and you all worked super hard.

 

Monday, January 14- Day 4 Gym, please wear your sneakers.

Thursday, January 17- Day 2 Book Exchange, please remember library books

Friday, January 18- Half Day Dismissal at 11:45

 

There will be school on Monday, January 21.  Report cards will be sent home Wednesday, January 23.

Week of January 7

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

Our new Phonics letter will be U as in umbrella and United States.

Our theme will be researching and reporting on the United States.  Your child’s state is attached to this newsletter.  They should be prepared to report on his/her state on Thursday, January 10^th.  Please help your child know the name of his/her state, find three facts about it, and bring in a picture of the state.  You can use the internet if you have access. Don’t forget you can also use encyclopedias, books and your local library to find info.  The pictures can be hand drawn, color, or photocopy. 

This is a good opportunity for students to practice speaking in front of others, using listening skills, and researching topics. Thanks for your help with this homework.

We will practice segmenting words, reading nonsense words, naming letters and beginning sounds of words for our DIBELS testing on Wednesday.

In Math we will continue to work with numbers 11-20. We will be counting objects and putting numbers in order. We will also identify a cup and a quart and will follow a recipe.

Our new Reading story is called Seeds.  We will talk about things that seeds become.  We will also draw conclusions from the pictures in the story.  We will continue to talk about verbs in the present and past tense.