week of April 15, 2019

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of April 15, 2019)

Writing-We are so excited to be able to start our Building Information Writers next week!  We will be: writing about a true topic, writing facts about the topic, and drawing a picture to match the topic.  We have also been using Writing Journals in the morning right for Morning Work.  We put a sentence starter on the board and they copy it and then finish the thought.  They will also make an illustration to match the story and read it to a buddy.  We are so thrilled with the authors/illustrators they have become!

Reading- We have a new story this week and it is: This Is The Way We Go To School!  It is an informational fiction story.  Our essential question is: How do children around the world get to school?  Our amazing words are: cable car, trolley, horse-and-buggy, skis, Metro line, vaporetto.   We will be drawing conclusions and talking about plot of the story.  We are so impressed with the class chopping out sounds in words, writing words, writing sentences, and reading words and sentences.  Keep up the fabulous work!

Math- We are finishing up: Time, Measurement, and Data.  We will be moving on to: Coins and Financial Literacy next.  We have been working on the names of: penny, nickel, dime, and quarter along with dollar bill throughout the school year.  We also talk about what we use money for along with needs vs. wants. 

Science- We had a wonderful lesson on the Butterfly life cycle while exploring living things.  We were able to incorporate “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle while completing an art activity for our bulletin board.  We also talked about the different colors in the rainbow and the plant life cycle with this week’s Weekly Reader.

Important Dates:

Monday, April 15- Day 6, Guidance

Friday, April 19- No School

April 27 and April 28- 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 this month.  Many thanks!

Students who brought a donation will receive a free dress down day on Friday, April 26^th.