week of April 16, 2018

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter

Week of April 16, 2018

***In Math, we will move on to Topic 10, Composing Numbers 11-19.  We will make 11-19 and problem solve by looking for a pattern.  Our essential question is “How can numbers 11-19 be represented as the sum of 10 and some more?”  Please review: counting to 100, number writing to 20, shapes, and positional words.

  ***In Reading, our new story is On the Move and it is a nonfiction story.  Our amazing words are: travel, kayak, llama, dogsled, submarine, double-decker bus.  Our essential question is “How do people in different parts of the world travel?”.  We will also talk about the main idea of the story.  Please review: letter identification, blending words, sounds in words, and answering questions about a story.

   ***Science and Social Studies-  We have just started looking at living things.  We are comparing plants and animals and we will read a few books about the plant life cycle.  We will also read and learn about Earth Day and brainstorm ideas on how to: reduce, reuse, recycle.

***Handwriting/Writing-  We dove into completing a prompt about feelings (happy and sad) and drew a picture to make it match what we wrote about.  We will continue to encourage using our best lowercase letters and two finger spaces while writing.  We only use a capital letter to start a sentence or important word and always end with punctuation.

***Important Reminders-  Please don’t forget to either send the money for the pictures or send the pictures back to school if you do not want to purchase them.  Please also continue to check folders each day for important papers and reminders of upcoming events and to clean out the daily work.

***Important Dates:

Friday, April 13- Movie Night, 7pm High School Auditorium

Saturday and Sunday (April 14 and 15)- Come out to NSE to help support the PTO by coming to the Basket Auction

Monday, April 16- Day 8

Friday, April 20- Spartan Dress Down Day ($1 donation)