week of November 4, 2019

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of November 4, 2019)

Handwriting:  We will be working on letters: u, i, and e.  We will be writing words and sentences correctly.  We have been talking about 2- finger spaces in sentences and using a period at the end of the sentence to stop our thought.  Our numbers have been looking fantastic and we are impressed with everyone’s writing improvement.

Math:  Our introduction to Numbers to 20 has been a big hit!  So far we have been working up to 15 and filling one ten frame completely and another ten frame with extra ones.  For example, 14 would be one filled up ten frame and 4 extra ones.  We have been counting objects, filling in ten frames, and writing the numbers.  We will continue to work on Missing Numbers in our Spring Math.

Reading:  We have been talking about living things and their needs.  Our activity to identify main idea and details was about why animals migrate.  We were able to identify 4 reasons why animals migrate and worked in small groups for this project.  We will continue to work on: all letters (capital and lowercase), their sounds, first sounds in words, all sounds in words, blending sounds together to read words, and reading sentences in our various groups. 

Science/Social Studies:  We will be working on some topics such as: migration and hibernation now that the weather is getting cooler.  We will also be discussing the holidays such as: Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving.

Reminders:

There is a red Spartan folder with your child’s assessments for the first marking period in their book bag today.  Please take the folder out, review the assessments, and sign and return it as soon as possible please!

Important Dates:

November 3- Daylight Savings Time Ends, No shorts allowed until Daylight Savings Time begins again.

November 4-  Day 1, PTO Meeting 6:30

November 8- Report Cards sent home, please sign and return the envelope only