Friday, May 4, 2018

week of May 7, 2018


Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter
Week of May 7, 2018
***In Math, we will continue Topic 12, Measurement.  Our topic essential question is: “How can objects be compared by length, height, capacity, and weight?” Our new Math words are: longer (than), shorter (than), as tall as, taller (than), lighter (than).  Please continue to review: counting to 100 (by ones and tens), identifying numbers, writing numbers 0-20, more/less and greater/fewer, and next number in a series.
***In Reading, our new story is Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop and it is an animal fantasy story.  Our amazing words are: saw, drill, hammer, screwdriver, file, chisel. Our essential question is “What tools do you need to build things?”.  We will also talk about characters in a story.  Please continue to review: letter names, letter sounds, all the sounds you hear in a word, blending sounds together to make a word, reading nightly and practicing all sight words.
***Science and Social Studies-  We will be working on problem solving skills and listening skills as we end the school year.  We will continue to review how to be part of a group and working hard on our PBIS skills (being safe, participating, acting respectful, and teamwork) to earn our last reward of the school year.
***Handwriting/Writing-  We are working on independently answering a given prompt.  We are trying hard to stay on topic, use two finger spaces, using a period to end our thought, using lowercase letters when writing (unless it begins a sentence or an important word) and chopping out the sounds in the word before we write it down.
***Important Information-
-Please send back all library books as soon as possible so our librarian can begin the end of the year inventory.
-Please also send back books that you may have borrowed for AR to return to our classroom library.
-Please continue to practice skills for the DIBELS test that is happening the week of May 14.  Please complete the practice packet and send back ASAP for a prize!

***Important Dates:
Monday, May 7- Day 3, Parent Night for the Book Fair (4-7 pm), PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
Thursday, May 10- Our Book Fair shopping day
Friday, May 11- Dress Down Day (please see separate paper for further information), DIBELS practice packet due for a prize
***Upcoming Dates:
May 22- 1pm, Kindergarten Graduation
May 25- NSE Carnival Day
May 28- No School, Memorial Day
June 5- Last Day of School, Early Dismissal

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