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Mrs. Borden
and Mrs. Jones’ Weekly Newsletter
Date: week of April 19th, 2015
This week in class:
Math: We are beginning Topic 12 Measurement.
Students have a lot of fun with this hands- on topic! We will compare length, height,
capacity and weight. We will continue to: count
to 100, add and subtract, sort objects, and identify and describe shapes
throughout the week.
Reading/Phonics: Our new story is called: “Trucks Roll” and the skill we will be comparing and contrasting.
We will discuss different types of transportation that help people do their
jobs. In Phonics we will work with the letter u in the initial and medial
position.
Writing:
We will learn about poems and write our own.
Science: Our chapter, Living and Nonliving Things will continue this week. We will
discuss the needs of living things and learn about ways animals are alike and
different and how plants are alike and different.
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Reminders:
-When practicing the sight
words, please make sure to use the sight word cards and mix them up to
ensure they are not memorizing the list!
-Please continue to review all of the DIBELS skills of:
letter naming, first sounds, segmenting, and nonsense words. The last test is at the end of April.
No written homework this week! Practice DIBELS skills and work on United States reports (Coming home, Tuesday, April 21st)
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Important Dates:
*PSSA testing will continue
next week and finish on April 23rd.
*Please refer to the special
rotation schedule that was sent home last week. Due to PSSA testing we will
not have specials on testing days.
Physicals will be held April 23. They will begin at 9:00. Children who
have parents present will be examined first.
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