week of October 17, 2016

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter, Week of October 17, 2016

Math-  We will be finishing up Topic 1, One to Five.  We will be continuing on to counting 4 and 5, counting 4 and 5 in different arrangements, reading and writing 4 and 5, and using objects to solve problems 1-5.  Please continue practicing counting to 100, identifying and writing numbers 0-20, and counting by 10s.  We will continue to identify coins and their values, days of the week, months of the year, and time to the hour.

Science-  We will continue with our fall fun and explore some pumpkins this week.  We have pumpkin stories, we will compare pumpkins, and observe different kinds of pumpkins.  We will also look at the pumpkin life cycle.  We will also be starting our Earth and Sky unit shortly.  We will be looking at how weather changes, and what does the day and night look like?

Reading/Phonics-  Our new story is: Flowers.   We will be working on comparing and contrasting within the story.  We will also work on identifying: Aa in words in the initial and medial position.  We will continue to identify nouns for places and things and nouns for more than 1.  Our amazing words are: seeds, buds, bloom, fruits, stem, petals.

***Please send in the $5 for Party Money as well.  This party money is for the entire year, please send it in as soon as possible.

***Nightly Homework- Please read a book for AR log.  Please practice all letters and sounds and sight words.  Please also practice the beginning sounds of words.  Many thanks!

Important Dates:

October 17- Book Fair Parent Night 4-7pm

October 21- Borden/Jones shopping day for Book Fair

The Kindergarten Teachers would like to thank the following for all of the help with the Fall Festival:

-Hart Farms, Ringtown for all the pumpkins.  -Valley Nursery, Lavelle for the hale bales.

-PSP for developing the pictures at no cost.  -Circle City Amusements, Ringtown for renting the bounce house at a discounted price.

-Pearl Movie Theater, Frackville for the popcorn.  -Tyson Foods for the hot dogs.

-Mrs. T’s for the pierogies.  -Nestle for the water.

-Gold Star Beverage for the ice.  -Ray Reichwein for the hayride.

-Boyer’s for the gift card for supplies.  -Rumbles Roadside Stand for the apples.

-The Mineshaft, Ashland for allowing the parents to hold meetings there.