week of March 7

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter (Week of March 7)
Homework
½ sheet, sight word practice, word list practice, and Independent Oral Reading sheet daily
In Phonics we will be learning the letter J as in jar and Jones. We will work on medial sounds in words and syllables.
Our new Reading story is called Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Our focus will be the Characters in the story.
Our Math topics for the week will be identifying and counting nickels, identifying a cylinder, ordering objects by height and creating patterns.
Kindergarten Registration will be held March 7-11 for incoming Kindergarten students.
Wednesday, March 2nd was Read Across America Day in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. We read some great books and made some fun things to go along with the stories like gak, hats and our own Dr. Seuss characters. On Friday, March 4th some students from Bloomsburg University visited our classroom to read Dr. Seuss books and do a follow up activity with the students. We had many guest readers! Be sure to ask your child about their day!
*Newspaper in Education Week is a program sponsored by the Pottsville Republican & Herald to promote interest in the newspaper in our schools. It will be starting on Monday, March 7th and continue through Friday, March 11th. Watch the paper for our ad and also record your reading each day on the I’m a Reader Take Home Challenge sheet that was sent home in your child’s folder.
Monday will be Day 1. Don’t forget your sneakers for Gym and your library book for Tuesday’s library class.

week of February 28

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (Week of February 28)
Homework for the week:
Monday-Thursday: ½ sheet written work and reader “I did it”
*There will be no new word list this week, please review word list 14.*

In Phonics this week, our new letter is Vv like in Vest. We have just added “said” “red” “ten” “help” “on” “was” “off” “on” “no” to our sight word rotation and they will be appearing in our Phonics work. There will be no show and tell this week. Thank you!
We are practicing writing words that we know. Each morning we take a few minutes to practice writing all the words that we know how to write. We practice by categories. The past few categories have been sight words and names and we will soon start writing word families. Word families are words that rhyme together such as: bat, cat, rat, sat.
Our new reading story is “One Little Mouse”. We have been working on story elements such as fiction and nonfiction, character, main idea, setting, and sequence of story. This set of stories includes many fun animal characters on their adventures.
We will be reviewing concepts in Math. We will go over the calendar for the day and date and count daily. We will also work on penny, nickel, and dime and time to the hour. We always review AB, AABB, ABC, ABBA, patterns. We have been counting by 10’s and 1’s and have recently introduced counting by 5’s. Adding together and taking away items have also been introduced.
On March 4, Friday, is our “Read Across America” day to celebrate one of our favorite authors, Dr. Seuss. We will have guest readers, Bloomsburg University students to do activities with us, and celebrate the joy of reading all day!
Our Gym day is Tuesday and it will be Library day is that day as well. Please don’t forget your sneakers and books for that day!
Please label all money and envelopes that come in, we sometimes have several things going on at once, thanks!

Week of February 21

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (Week of February 21)

There will be no school Monday, February 21.
There will not be a decodable reader for homework next week. Instead, there will be an Independent Oral Reading page, sight word practice and Word List 13 practice.
This week in phonics we will learn the letter D as in dog and dinosaur. There will not be Show and Tell this week. In place of Show and Tell we will present Dinosaur reports. Information about the report is in your folder today.
In Reading we will begin My Lucky Day. This story looks at where our adventures can take us. We will also discuss Cause and Effect.
Our Math concepts for the week will be ABC patterns, Problem Solving, Estimating, Measuring, and Money.
We have been discussing dental health this week. We did experiments, crafts, read books and sent home materials to read with your child. Ask your child what they learned?
We are beginning our Dr. Seuss Author Study. Look for a book that our class created in your child’s backpack. Each child will have the opportunity to take it home for the night. Please read it, make a comment and send it back the next day.
We will be collecting cash for critters until the end of the month.
Our class had a lovely time at the Valentine party! Thanks to the homeroom moms for doing a great job!

week of February 14

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter (week of February 14)
Homework for the Week:
Monday-Thursday: ½ sheet written work, Decodable Reader (Ben is Ten), word list
*There will be NO SHOW AND TELL* this week for the letter Yy.*
Yy as in Yarn will be our new letter for the week. We are working our way through the alphabet and have learned almost all of the letters. The spelling sound tests of the past week have had beautiful handwriting! Give yourselves a cheer!
In Math, we will continue our measurement lessons, work more with patterns and pattern blocks, and explore the geoboards. We are now past the 100th day of school and we practice counting to 100 in various ways each day. We also play a hidden number game and everyone does such a nice job! Give yourselves a cheer!
Our new Reading Story is, Bunny Day. We will be working on sequence of a story. We will be also talking about adventures.
In Science, we have finally finished our “Wood and Paper” unit and have learned about the different kinds of paper and wood and how they can be changed. We have also learned about their physical properties and what they can be made into. We will soon be moving onto “Animals Two by Two”.
Our Valentine’s Day Party will be on Monday, February 14 from 2-3 pm. Please send in your Valentine’s if you did not do so already. Also, our class list is located on the January 31 newsletter that is also posted on our blog for that date.
Gym day is on Wednesday, February 16, Please don’t forget your sneakers!
Library day is on Tuesday, February 15. Please send in your library books.
The purple physical forms that were sent home are due back to the nurse. Not everyone needed one, but if you did get one and did not send it back, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you!
A Few Reminders:
There will be school on: Friday, January 18.
There will not be school for students on: Monday, January 21.
Please don’t forget, we are collecting Coins for Critters all month.

Week of February 7

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (Week of February 7)
Next week is Bully Prevention week. There will be weeklong activities and days to dress.
Monday – Don’t Knock it, Sock it! Wear crazy socks.
Tuesday – Hats off for no bullying – Students wear crazy hats.
Wednesday – Mix it up day – wear miss- matched clothes or crazy hair.
Thursday – Rainbow of Friendship – Kindergarten wears green.
Friday – Be a good sport: wear NSE team shirts.
In Phonics we will be working with the letter Ee as in egg and elephant.
In math, we will continue to work on numbers 0-20 and measuring.
Our new reading story is called Hide Clyde! We will be discussing changing for protection. We will also talk about the main idea.
Please continue to practice the decodable reader Zip each night.
Our Valentine party will be on Monday, February 14 from 2:00-3:00.
We will have a snack, play a game and exchange valentines. Feel free to send Valentines to school any day next week. If you haven’t sent party money in, please do so as soon as possible.
Monday is Day 2. We have computers. Don’t forget library books on Tuesday and sneakers for Gym on Thursday.
Today was the 100th day of school, can you believe it? Make sure you ask your child about their fun day!

week of January 31

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter (week of January 31)
Homework For the Week:
Monday-Thursday: ½ sheet practice, word list practice, new decodable reader
There will be no show and tell next week, but please don’t forget your 100 small items for the 100th day on: Wednesday, February 2.
In Phonics, we will be learning Cc like in Cat. We will also be working on the rule of when to use Kk and when to use Cc when spelling words.
The rule is: we spell the /k/ sound with a K when the sound is followed by the letters e, i, or y like in Key, Kid, or milky. We spell the /K/ sound with a C when the sound is followed by the letters a, o, or u, or any consonant like in cat, cot, cup, or clip.
In Math, we are continuing to practice the numbers to 20 including putting them in order, counting, and identifying the numbers. We will also be introducing how to follow a recipe, measuring, full, empty, and identifying the quart container.
Our story in Reading is “Seeds” and we will be talking about how plants grow and change and comparing that story to how the animals and children have changed in previous stories.
This next week, we will be making predictions for both Groundhog’s Day on February 2 and the Super Bowl on Friday, February 4 for the big game over the weekend.
The 100th Day is February 2, and we will be dressing like we are 100 years old, counting our 100 small objects, and completing activities with 100 all day. It is a very special day in Kindergarten!
The Valentine’s Day party will be on Monday, February 14. Listed below is a list of the girls and boys in our classroom so that your children can fill out their Valentine’s.
Girls:
Byronna, Ainsley, Brittany, Angelina, Mary, Lilian, Savannah, Jaedyn, Lyla, Jaelyn
Boys:
Zachary, Lenny, Braeden , Brandon, Jack H., Joshua, Isaac, Ryan, Tyler, Jack W.

Tuesday, February 1, Library, please don’t forget your books.
Wednesday, February 2, Gym day, please wear sneakers.

Week of January 24

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter
(Week of January 24)

Next week in Phonics we will work with the letter Z as in Zebra. We will have show and tell on Wednesday.
In Math we will begin to combine sets by counting on one, use numbers to describe how many objects are in a set and we will identify and order the numbers 0-20.
Our new Reading Story is called Farfallina and Marcel. We will discuss how friendships change. We will look at the plot of the story, which are the things that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
We are continuing our Wood and Paper Science Unit. This week we will continue to learn about the properties of wood and how to use those properties to change wood.
Due to the snow day, report cards will be sent home on Monday, January 24.
On Thursday, we attended we attended the Rand Whipple Box of Lights program in the gym. The students really enjoyed the show! Thank you PTO for all that you do!!!
Monday will be Day 2. Don’t forget your library books for Tuesday and Gym shoes for Thursday.
Valentine’s Day will soon be here! A list of the students in our class will be coming home next week.