week of February 18, 2019

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of February 18, 2019)

Writing- We have just started Narrative Writing and have been copying sentences from another source.  We are talking about how to be a good writer and some of the things that we look for when writing.  We are very good at keeping 2-finger spaces in between the words that we are writing.  We are also using lowercase letters when writing the words and only using capital letters to start our sentences.  We also have been working hard on writing down the letters when sounding out words like when we did writings for the 100^th day.

Reading- We have a new story this week and it is: Goldilocks and the Three Bears and it is a classic fairy tale story.  Our essential question is: How can adventures cause trouble?  Our amazing words are: bears, porridge, cottage, big, middle sized, small.  We will be working on characters in the story along with reviewing authors and illustrators.  When we read aloud any story, we talk about important story elements (characters, setting, cause/effect, problem/solution, and/or plot of the story) and try and relate it to either other stories that we know or life experiences that we have had. 

Math- We wrapped up Unit 3 and have moved into the introduction to Unit 4, Understanding Addition.  We have started talking about counting all of the objects together when we see two groups of objects.  We will also be looking at different ways to make a number.  (5 could be 0 and 5 objects, 1 and 4 objects, 2 and 3 objects)  We will continue to countdown the days left of school and count how many days we have been in school and count orally to 100 by ones and tens.

Science/Social Studies- We explored some different animal habitats when reading our Reading Story, One Little Mouse.  We read about different animals that are still out and about in winter that do not hibernate.  We also reviewed germs and how to keep ourselves healthy along with how to wash our hands.  We have President’s Day coming up and Dental Health to explore as well.  We hope that you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day and we loved exchanging Valentines at our party, thanks so much! J

Important Dates:

Monday, February 18- School IS in session

Tuesday, February 19- NED program