week of October 16, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter
Week of October 16, 2017

***In Math, we are working on Topic 16, Analyzing, Comparing, and Composing Shapes.  Our essential question is: How can shapes be named, described, compared, and composed?  Our new math words include: same size, same shape, roll, stack, slide.  Please continue to review: shapes, position words, colors, and numbers 0-10 and counting. 

***In Reading, our new story is: Flowers and we compare and contrast within the story.  Our new amazing word are: seeds, buds, bloom, fruits, stem, petals.  At home, you can continue to practice all letters and sounds, rhyming pairs, and stretching out words to make all of the sounds (dog stretched to /d/ /o/ /g/) as well as sight words.

***Science and Social Studies- We will continue to reinforce appropriate school behavior and school rules.  We are also talking about Fire Safety and Fall topics such as: spiders, bats, pumpkins, and fall characteristics.  We can’t wait to go to the pumpkin patch to explore more Fall Fun!

***Handwriting/Writing-We are seeing wonderful improvements in handwriting in writing our capital letters!  We will continue to work on writing capital letters, writing in the air, writing with a flashlight, singing the songs, and making them with the wood pieces.  We have been working on identifying the period and exclamation mark in our Morning Message.

***A few reminders:
- Please practice sight words and complete reading log nightly.
- Please sign and return the assessments and the red folder ASAP.
- Please continue to check and clean out the folder daily.
- Please wear sneakers on our Gym days.
- Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Thank you for all of your cooperation!
Important Dates:
Monday, October 16-  Book Fair Begins, Parent Night 4-7pm
Friday, October 20- Kindergarten Field Trip