week of November 28, 2016

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter, Week of November 29, 2016

Important Dates:

Monday, November 28-  No School

Tuesday, November 29-  Back to School, Day 9

Thursday, December 1- Kindergarten Field Trip…More information coming next week

Reminders:

We still try to go out for recess as much as possible.  Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather and label all gloves, hats, coats, etc.  with your child’s name so that it stays out of the lost and found.  Please also make sure that your child’s spare set of clothing in the cubbies is appropriate for the colder weather (no shorts please).  Thank you!

Special Message:

-We hope that you and your families have a much deserved and needed holiday break!  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we are looking forward to making more progress when we get back.  We are very proud of what has been accomplished so far and can’t wait to see what the rest of the school year holds!  Happy Thanksgiving J

week of November 14, 2016

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter, Week of November 14, 2016

Monday, November 14-  Day 1

Thursday, November 17- Taco Bell Night for NSE

Friday, November 18- Spartan Dress Down Day, Family Movie Night

Reading:  Our new story is A Bed For The Winter.  We will be focusing on sequencing.  Our letter will be Ii in the initial and medial position of words.  We will be working on description of objects and adjectives for opposites.  Our amazing words are: nest, stump, hive, meadow, tree trunk, den.

Math:  We will finish Topic 3, numbers 6-10.  We will learn how to read, write, and count numbers 6-10.  We will learn how to show those numbers in different ways. Our assessment will be towards the end of the week.  We thank you for signing and returning the assessments in a timely manner.

Science:  We have finished our Earth/Weather unit.  We will be working on the First Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving attributes.  We will compare and contrast different foods for Thanksgiving and for other times of the year.

*****Our Handwriting lesson was using shaving cream!  We made all of the letters we learned in shaving cream on our desks.

*****Please continue to practice sight words, letters, and sounds.  We have seen such improvement!  Please read a book a night and fill out the AR log accordingly.  It really helps to read daily to develop many different reading skills.

****Information was enclosed for the Field Trip.  Students are asked to wear dress code or better.  They should not wear Gym clothes, with a polo and dress code pants at minimum.  Students may wear Holiday Dresses or Clothes, even if they are not dress code.

******Thanks for your participation, cooperation and hard work!!!!!

*****Please label any coats, hats, gloves, scarves for the colder weather.  They often get misplaced and it will be easier to find the owner if they are labeled.

*****Thank you so much to our community helpers!  Thanks to the Schuylkill County Sheriff’s Department for coming to fingerprint all of Kindergarten and to the Goodwill Fire Company for the fire safety presentation.

week of November 7, 2016

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter, Week of November 7, 2016

Monday, November 7-  Day 7, PTO Meeting at 6:30, Mock Election at NSE

Tuesday, November 9-  Non-rotation day, 2-hour data delay

Friday, November 11-Veteran’s Day, Fingerprinting Program for Kindergarten

Reading:  Our new story is: Bear Snores On.  We will be looking at Realism vs. Reality.  Our letter is Cc like in Cactus.  We will also be talking about adjectives for size and what a poem is.  We will be listening for Setting.  Our amazing words are: sleep, cave, storm, winter, woods, blustery.

Math:  We just started Topic 3, numbers 6-10.  We will learn how to read, write, and count numbers 6-10.  We will learn how to show those numbers in different ways. 

Science:  We will also be continuing our Earth/Sky unit and we will be graphing the weather for one week to compare the many different weather throughout the week.  We talked about Daylight Savings Time as well and did a whole lesson on Squash.  We read a fiction story, wrote about the 5 senses with squash, tried squash, and graphed if we liked it or not.

*****Please continue to practice sight words, letters, and sounds.  We have seen such improvement!  Please read a book a night and fill out the AR log accordingly.  It really helps to read daily to develop many different reading skills.

*****Please fill out and return the Field Trip forms if you did not do so already.  More information will follow.  Students are asked to wear dress code or better.  They should not wear Gym clothes, with a polo and dress code pants at minimum.  Students may wear Holiday Dresses or Clothes, even if they are not dress code.

******Now that Daylight Savings Time ended, no short will allowed at NSE.

******Thanks for your participation, cooperation and hard work!!!!!