week of February 13, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of February 13, 2017)

Important Dates:
Monday, February 13- Day 1
Tuesday, February 14- Valentine’s Day
Thursday, February 16- Spartan Dress Down Day, $1 Donation
Friday, February 17- No School for Students
Monday, February 20- School Closed, President’s Day
Tuesday, February 21- Day 5

Reading- This week our story is “One Little Mouse” and we will be talking about animal adventures in this book.  Our amazing words are: woodland nest vale hollow comfortable shadows.  We will be further discussing cause and effect with this story as well.

Math-Our topic is be Topic 7, Understanding Addition.  We will be learning to join two groups and tell how many there are all together.  We will learn how to use the plus sign and the equal sign and learn about addition sentences.  Our new math words are: number story, join, plus sign, addition sentence.

Tips and Tricks:
Nightly- Please review sight words and read for the AR log.  The goal is at least 15 books a month.  If you need additional logs, please let us know.

Reading Skills- Please practice all letters, sounds, and words that begin with each letter.  You can take one word and do a lot with it, for example: cat- you can make the beginning sound, make all of the sounds, count syllables, and blend the sounds together to make the whole word.  You can also build vocabulary by seeing how many words you can use to describe the word.

Math Skills- Please practice counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, 10s, and practice counting to 30 by 2s.  Number writing is also a great skill to review to ensure there are no number reversals.

*As always, we thank you for your participation and cooperation.  If you need more information or have any questions, please contact us.  Many Thanks!