week of April 4, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (Week of April 4, 2017)

Math: Our new topic is, Topic 10, and our essential question is “How can you add 1 ten and some ones to make the numbers 11-19?”  We will be representing numbers 11-19 with a composition of 10 plus 1, 10 plus 2, etc.  We will also be using drawings and number sentences to identify patterns on the first two rows of the hundreds chart.

Reading: Our new story is Trucks Roll! and it is a big book that we will use to focus on comparing and contrasting.  Our amazing words include: trailers, haul, truckers, cabs, steering wheel, headlight.  We will be reviewing vowel sounds in words and discussing our response to questions from our story.

Handwriting/Writing: We have been working on writing our first and last names without random capitals in the middle.  We discussed using initials as well.  We will continue to dictate short sentences with CVC words for practice.  They are often on the back of our handwriting if you would like to review them.

***Please continue to review all letters, sounds, numbers, counting patterns, as well as sight words.  Also, please continue to read each night and complete the AR book log as the goal is at least 15 books a month.

****Please sign and return the assessment folders as soon as possible.  It helps with our record keeping.  If you have any questions, please let us know.

Important Dates:

-Monday, April 3- Day 8, NSE PTO Meeting at 6:30pm

-Tuesday through Friday-  PSSA testing at NSE

-NSE PTO Basket Auction- Shop and Drop (April 8 10am-5pm), (April 9 12pm-3pm), Drawing at 3pm

*Thank you so much for donating to our Spa Basket!  It is looking FABULOUS!  Come and take a chance on our relaxing basket.  We hope to see you there and many thanks for supporting the PTO.