Friday, March 29, 2019

Week of April 1

Writing-  We are writing about what we can see, eat, and ride in different parts of the world. We learned about India and Australia this week and will check out China, and England next week.

Reading- Our new story this week is called The Little Engine that Could. It is a classic fairytale.  Our essential question is: What kind of work do trains do?  Our amazing words are: engine, passenger, mountain, tracks, roudhouse, and valley.  We will be working on plot.  Keep on practicing those sight words and reading together each night for your book logs!  Books logs are due on Monday, new logs will come home then.

Math- We completed our Subtraction unit this week.  Our next unit is called Measurement and Time. We are very excited to get hands on with new Math manipulatives. Our essential question is How and Why do we measure things?

Graduation Pictures- Thursday, April 4. There will be NO make-up picture day. All students will be photographed for the class photo. Students will wear a cap and gown. A white collared shirt is recommended for underneath.  Graduation will be held on Tuesday, May 28th @ 1:00PM in the NS High School Auditorium.

Important Dates:
Monday, April 1 - Day 6 Guidance
Thursday, April 4- Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
Saturday, April 13th- Kindergarten Prom if you signed up and paid
April 27th and 28th – PTO Basket Auction

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! All of the donations for our basket for the PTO basket auction are much appreciated!  We are so excited to put this basket together and can’t wait to show off the final product at the auction in April.  Many thanks!
Students who brought a donation will receive a free dress down day of Friday April 26th!!!!
Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of March 25, 2019)

Writing- Sequencing a story has been going along swimmingly!  We know the important words of:first, next, last and have been writing steps to make things (chocolate, cookies, bread) and some of us were able to transfer these skills to write their own stories on the back of papers!  We also wrote about what kind of transportation we need in an emergency and what that transportation is best suited to do.  We are going to add a little bit of Handwriting formation practice to morning work in order to brush up on our skills.

Reading- We have a new story this week and it is: Trucks Roll!  It is a rhyming nonfiction story.  Our essential question is: What kinds of transportation help people do their jobs?  Our amazing words are: trailers, cabs, haul, steering, wheel, truckers, headlight.  We will be working on compare and contrast and we will be identifying where we find capital letters in print and using end marks.  Keep on practicing those sight words and reading together each night for your book logs!  We can tell you are working so hard on the list. They are moving through their lists quickly. Keep up the good work. Books logs are due at the end of the month please.

Math- We are moving right along with Subtraction.  We have been using different objects and pictures to tell stories about how many we had originally, how many went away, and how many are left.  We have been modeling the stories, acting them out, and writing the corresponding number sentence.  We are also so thrilled with the progress in Spring Math (our buddy math).  We have met 4 classroom goals this week.  The first was counting the number of dots and writing the correct number (0-20) and the second was making the correct number of dots for a given number (0-10).  The second goal we met on the first day of practice!  The students were given a number and dots in a line, but they the number of dots was not correct.  They had to either cross out dots or add more dots to show the correct number. The third goal was addition facts 0-5 and the fourth was subtraction facts 0-5. We celebrated with Popsicles and a special visit from Ms. Whitaker. She brought us treats and we will be going to the big playground for a picnic as a reward!
Important Dates:
Monday, March 25- Day 1
Tuesday, March 26- Spring Picture Day
Thursday, April 4- Graduation Pictures
Please return all forms as soon as possible (the Kindergarten prom form, the Spring Picture Form, and the Kindergarten graduation form) Contact us with any questions or concerns.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! All of the donations for our basket for the PTO basket auction are much appreciated!  We are so excited to put this basket together and can’t wait to show off the final product at the auction in April.  Many thanks!

Friday, March 15, 2019

week of March 18, 2019


Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of March 18, 2019)
Writing- This week we were writing about our feelings and things that make us happy and sad.  We also brainstormed at least 10 different forms of transportation and each picked a form of transportation and where we would take that transportation.  This writing corresponded with our Reading Story, Max Takes The Train.  We are writing every day and tackling new topics to write about each time.  We are trying to write more words/phrases each time. 
Reading- We have a new story this week and it is: Mayday! Mayday!  it is a nonfiction story.  Our essential question is: What kinds of transportation helps us in an emergency?  Our amazing words are: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering.  We will be working on cause and effect and we will be working on where we find capital letters.  We also get to explore the different parts of a rescue helicopter.  Keep on practicing those sight words and reading together each night for your book logs!
Math- We are well into Unit 5, Understanding Subtraction.  We have been working on counting objects, counting how many to take away and then counting how many are left and writing our answer.  We have been working on telling subtraction stories and identifying a minus sign.  We also have been counting by 10s and identifying 2 and 3 digit numbers.
Science/Social Studies- We counted down until St. Patrick’s Day and explored rainbows in our Weekly Readers.  We also talked about what makes us lucky and started a writing about that topic.  We are so excited for Spring and all of the nice weather that is coming.  We will also be looking at the changes Spring brings.
Important Dates:
Friday, March 22- Community Involvement Night, 7pm at the High School (Movie Night)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! All of the donations for our basket for the PTO basket auction are much appreciated!  We are so excited to put this basket together and can’t wait to show off the final product at the auction in April.  Many thanks!


Friday, March 8, 2019

week of March 11, 2019


Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of March 11, 2019)
Writing- Once again, the writing for this week’s topic was great!  We wrote about an activity that we like to do with someone special.  We had people going to Hershey, the beach, the zoo, to a relative’s house, and a few other adventures.  We do have to remember to put a period to end our sentences and use the two-finger spacing between our words sometimes, but we all stayed on topic and made wonderful illustrations to match the stories!  We will continue to work in our Building Writers book several days a week and will be wrapping up the Narrative Writing portion shortly.

Reading- We will be starting a new unit, Unit 5 and our essential question for the unit is: How do people and things get from here to there? We have a new story this week and it is: Max Takes the Train it is an animal fantasy story.  Our essential question is: What are different ways of going places?  Our amazing words are: plane, jetway, subway, tunnel, ferryboat, sidecar.  We will be working on realism versus fantasy and we will be working on asking and answering questions.  Keep on practicing those sight words and reading together each night for your book logs!

Math- We are starting Unit 5, Understanding Subtraction.  Unit 4 was a success with addition and we mastered putting things together, ways to make 5, the vocabulary of sum, plus sign, and equal sign, and counting groups of objects.  We will be introducing the vocabulary of: difference, minus sign, and the concept of taking away and what it left.  In Spring Math, we are counting dots (0-20) and writing the correct number as quickly and accurately as we can. 

Science/Social Studies- We were finally able to have our lesson with the Bloomsburg University students that was postponed from March 1 due to the weather.  The story that we heard was Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and we were thrilled to be able to complete a fun activity to go along with the classic.  We will also be exploring Spring and don’t forget Daylight Savings time is this weekend!  Our weekly reader explored the different types of weather that come with March.

Important Dates:
Monday, March 11- Reading Log for Newspaper in Education Week is due
Friday, March 15- Spartan Dress Down Day ($1 donation)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! All of the donations for our basket for the PTO basket auction are much appreciated!  We are so excited to put this basket together and can’t wait to show off the final product at the auction in April.  Many thanks!

Friday, March 1, 2019

week of March 4, 2019


Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of March 4, 2019)
Writing- We did a writing this week using information from our Antarctica story.  We had to complete a prompt about what we would do if we went to Antarctica and complete an illustration to match it.  We saw penguins, swam with whales, and gave food to the animals there.  We will be completing a prompt from the stories each week in addition to working on the writing activities in our Building Writers book.  Great story telling everyone!

Reading- We have a new story this week and it is: Abuela and it is a fantasy story.  Our essential question is: What kind of adventures can you have in a city?  Our amazing words are: abuela, adventure, flock, city, airport, harbor.  We will be working on the setting of the story and we will be looking at the features of a city compared to where we live.  Attached is an article on beginning readers.  Because we are working so hard on blending sounds together to read words and reading sentences, here are some tips to help out at home.  These tips can be used even if you child is past the beginning reader stage but is moving on to more difficult text and sounding out those words.  Keep reading everyone!

Math- We are well into Unit 4, Understanding Addition.  We are looking for number stories everywhere.  We are telling addition stories with counters, drawing them on the dry erase board, writing them on the back of our papers, and acting them out.  We will also continue to work on counting by 1s and 10s, what number comes next, what number is missing in a series of 3, more/fewer, and reading a 2 and 3 digit number.

Science/Social Studies- Well, we had a day for Dr. Seuss’ birthday! It was so much fun!  We tried Green Eggs and Ham and talked about how we should try new things and decided if we liked them or not.  We enjoyed our activities with the students from Bloomsburg University.  We read so many of Dr. Seuss’ classic books and had a few crafts that we worked on to match some of the characters in the stories like: Thing 1 and Thing 2, Horton, and Fox in Socks.  We also had a chance to have some guest readers come from the High School at the end of the day.  Big and small, fun was had by all J

Important Dates:
Next week- Newspaper in Education Week, the reading log for that was sent home, please complete it and return it in your child’s folder at the end of the week if you wish to participate
Monday, March 4- Day 7, NSE PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
Friday, March 8- Hero Day for Career Week

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