Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter

Please read carefully (this newsletter and all of the papers included in the folder this week)!

It was a great first week! We are settling in and learning our new routines and expectations. Just a few reminders to help our classroom run smoothly:

Please check folders each day. Take out any papers on the Left at Home side and complete or sign any pages on the Bring Right Back Side as soon as possible.

Accelerated Reader bags, logs and books were sent home this week. There is no written homework but we expect children to read with someone each night. Sometimes there will be books in their bag that they can read to you, most times you can read to them and have your child pick out the letters and words they know. You can also use books from home to add to your log. At the end of the year students with the most books read receive prizes. See note in AR bag for additional details.

Sight words will also be practiced each night in place of written homework. Begin with the first list. I will test students and put a star under the list when they’ve read it correctly you can then move on to the next list. Cut out the flashcards as you work on them and keep them in the envelope included in the communication folder and begin working on List 1.

Help your child learn their Identification number. This number was sent home in their welcome letter. If you need it again, please let me know. It will be used to get lunch, log on to the computers and check out library books.

Please send a snack each day. We have an early lunch so we will grab a quick snack while we work in the afternoon.

Don’t forget to send a dress code appropriate extra set of clothes to keep in your child’s cubby. Please put it in a bag (a gallon size Ziploc works great) and label it with their first and last name.

LABEL EVERYTHING! Make sure backpacks, lunch bags, coats etc. are labeled with first and last names. All money being sent to school must be in an envelope labeled with first and last name, teacher name, what it’s for, and the amount included.

Thank you to the Swails Family for donating pencils, glue sticks and crayons! If you’d like to donate to our classroom, we are always in need of Clorox Wipes, Ticonderoga Pencils, and tissues.

This week we began our Envision Math Series. We are working on Sorting, Classifying, Counting and Categorizing data. This topic will continue next week.

We will begin our new Reading story, The Little School Bus by Pamela Paparone. We are using this story to talk about school and bus safety, following directions, and characters in a story. This story will be continued into next week with other Back to School literature. Ask your child about the books we’ve read this week. The Kissing Hand was one of our favorites. We even had a scavenger hunt throughout the building looking for Chester the character from our book and important rooms in our building. We didn’t find Chester but we did find a cookie for our hard work!

Picture Day will be on Tuesday, September 12^th.  Forms are in the folder. Please send back as soon as possible.

Fall Festival Meeting will be held Thursday, September 7th at 2:00 in the Cafeteria. Volunteers must have clearances the day of the festival. You do not need to be a PTO member. If you don't have clearances but would like to help you can attend the meetings, prepare materials or make donations.