week of February 11, 2019

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of February 11, 2019)

Writing- The handwriting books are finally home!  They have been used hard and have served us well over the past 100 days and gave us a great foundation to become fantastic writers.  We start “Building Writers” from the same program on Monday.  We will be starting with Narrative Writing and focusing on what makes a sentence and how to stay on topic when given something to write about.  We have also included one clean copy of the letter formations to reference at home as well as fine motor activities that can be done at home to help improve handwriting.  Keep up the great work!

Reading- We have a new story this week and it is: One Little Mouse and it is an animal fantasy story.  Our essential question is: What adventures can animals have?  Our amazing words are: woodland, nest, vale, hollow, comfortable, shadows.  We will be working on sequencing the story as well as other sequencing activities.  We will continue to review all letters (capital and lowercase) along with their sounds and words that begin with each letter.  We will also review blending the sounds of the words in our head before reading it out loud.  Sight word practice is also important so that we can read those words quickly when they come up in our sentences that we are reading in class.  Awesome progress on those skills!

Math- We will continue to work on identifying missing numbers in a set of 3, using numbers 0-20.  For example: 12 _ 14 and we would write 13 in the blank.  We will also work on counting objects and writing the numbers along with comparing the two sets to identify more and few.  We just wanted to let you know that the 100^th day was a hit!  Along with the fabulous 100 day costumes, the class had a special snack, did several themed centers, put the last piece into our 100 day puzzle, read some 100 day books, and thoroughly had a great experience.

Science/Social Studies- We have a lot to look forward to in February!  Our Valentine Party is on Friday and we have the actual holiday on Thursday.  We also have Presidents’ Day coming up shortly after Valentine’s Day.  We also make sure to include some Dental Health this month and stress the importance of taking care of your teeth.

Important Dates:

Monday, February 11- Day 7

Friday, February 15- Spartan Dress Down Day, $1 Donation and Valentine’s Day Parties