Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter
Weeks of November 25 and December 3, 2013
We have been working very hard on
our Thanksgiving projects that
include a Native American feather headband, vest, and necklace to wear when we
visit our 4th grade Reading
Buddies for a special Thanksgiving activity. We also have been working on what we are
thankful for and reading a little bit about the First Thanksgiving and turkeys.
When we get back on December 3, our new Reading story
will be: Little Panda. It is a nonfiction book about a panda
born in a zoo. We will be talking about
character and information contained within the story. We also watch the pandas on the Panda Cam at a zoo.
In Phonics, our new letter
is Rr like in Rabbit. We have been working hard on practicing and
reading our Word Lists and our decodable readers. Everyone should also have the complete sight word list to practice at
home. If you have any questions about
the sight words or blending the word lists, please let us know.
In Math, we have been
working on numbers 0-10 and
identifying them, ordering them, comparing them, and counting. We also have been working on one more and one
less as well as two more and two less.
In our Math Meeting, we
practice counting how many days we have been in school, how many days in the
month, months of the year, and days of the week, money and time.
There will be no homework this week and homework will resume when we get back to
school December 3.
December 3 will be day 4, Gym, please remember your sneakers.
Anyone
who ordered from the PTO Fall Book
Fundraiser is to pick up his/her order(s) in the NSE gymnasium on
Monday, November 25th from 4:00-7:00 PM.
Students will be dismissing at
1:00pm on Wednesday, November 27 due
to Thanksgiving break. There will be no
school Thursday, November 28 – Monday, December 2. Classes will resume on Tuesday, December
3. Enjoy your break!
On Monday, November 25 Santa letters will be sent home. Please complete the letter with your child
and send back to school no later than Tuesday,
December 3. The postman will be
collecting the letters sometime during that week and we do not want any child
to feel left out.
K-2 will be performing a Christmas concert on Thursday,
December 6 in the high school auditorium. Kindergarten will sing right away at 9:30am.
Please dress your child in clothes that are dress code appropriate or
nicer. Many parents decide to dress
their daughters in dresses and sons in a shirt and tie, but that is up to
you! All parents are invited to attend
this festive event!