week of January 7, 2019

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (Week of January 7, 2019)

Handwriting/Writing:  We will be making our way into our last unit, Writing Activities and we will be working on: syllables, sentences, labels, punctuation, questions and answers, words, paragraphs, vowels, rhymes, poems, and comparisons.  We will continue to review letter formations, correct pencil grip, starting our letters at the top, staying within the boundaries, and reminders to use lowercase letters when writing words.  When we finish with our Handwriting book, it will be sent home for review.

Reading: Our new story is: Then and Now and it is a nonfiction story. We will be working on the plot of the story.  Our amazing words are: gears, headphones, webcams, handwritten, phonographs, newspapers.  Our essential question for the story is: How are things we use today different from things we used long ago?  Each day, we practice our letters names, letter sounds, chopping out the sounds in a given word, and blending the sounds together to make words in our small groups and these are the skills that are needed to become readers!

Math: We have just introduced the topic of: Comparing Numbers to 20.  We are counting groups of objects and writing the correct number along with deciding which group has more and which group has fewer.  We will also continue with our Spring Math and working with partners on counting objects, finding or writing the correct number, seeing which group has more objects, and writing the missing number in a group of 3.

Reminders: Please continue to read each night and log the books in the January book log along with practicing the sight words.  Please continue to practice the practice packet that was sent over break to keep these skills fresh.  If we can get you any more information or resources, please let us know.

Important Dates:

Monday, January 7- Day 9