week of February 27, 2016

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter Week of February 27, 2017

-Our new story is: If You Could Go to Antarctica and we will be classifying and categorizing.  We will be looking at writing sentences with capital letters at the beginning and punctuation at the end.  Our amazing words are: Antarctica, icebergs, seals, continent, penguins, whales.  We will be reviewing character and setting as well.

-In Math: we started Topic 8, Understanding Subtraction.  We will listen to number stories about separating groups.  We will learn about subtraction sentences, the minus sign, and how to find differences.  Our new math words are: left, separate, subtraction sentence, minus sign. 

-For Science, we will be examining Living and Nonliving things.  Our essential question is: What can you tell about living things?

Reminders:

Please pack a small snack daily.  If your child would like a drink with it, please pack that as well.

Dates:

February 24- Community Involvement Movie Night, “The Secret Life of Pets”, 6:30 pm

February 27- Day 9

February 28- AR book logs due, 15 books a month goal

week of February 13, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of February 13, 2017)

Important Dates:
Monday, February 13- Day 1
Tuesday, February 14- Valentine’s Day
Thursday, February 16- Spartan Dress Down Day, $1 Donation
Friday, February 17- No School for Students
Monday, February 20- School Closed, President’s Day
Tuesday, February 21- Day 5

Reading- This week our story is “One Little Mouse” and we will be talking about animal adventures in this book.  Our amazing words are: woodland nest vale hollow comfortable shadows.  We will be further discussing cause and effect with this story as well.

Math-Our topic is be Topic 7, Understanding Addition.  We will be learning to join two groups and tell how many there are all together.  We will learn how to use the plus sign and the equal sign and learn about addition sentences.  Our new math words are: number story, join, plus sign, addition sentence.

Tips and Tricks:
Nightly- Please review sight words and read for the AR log.  The goal is at least 15 books a month.  If you need additional logs, please let us know.

Reading Skills- Please practice all letters, sounds, and words that begin with each letter.  You can take one word and do a lot with it, for example: cat- you can make the beginning sound, make all of the sounds, count syllables, and blend the sounds together to make the whole word.  You can also build vocabulary by seeing how many words you can use to describe the word.

Math Skills- Please practice counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, 10s, and practice counting to 30 by 2s.  Number writing is also a great skill to review to ensure there are no number reversals.

*As always, we thank you for your participation and cooperation.  If you need more information or have any questions, please contact us.  Many Thanks!

week of February 6, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (week of February 6, 2017)

Reading: This week our story is “My Lucky Day” and we are talking about adventures.  We will also be looking at cause and effect in the story.   Our amazing words are: piglet, fox, lucky, filthy, cook, scrubber.  We will be reviewing action words (verbs). 

Math: Our new topic will be Topic 7, Understanding Addition.  We will be learning to join two groups and tell how many there are all together.  We will learn how to use the plus sign and the equal sign and learn about addition sentences.  Our new math words are: number story, join, plus sign, addition sentence.

Tips and Tricks:

Nightly- Please review sight words and read for the AR log.  The goal is at least 15 books a month.  If you need additional logs, please let us know.

Reading Skills- Please practice all letters, sounds, and words that begin with each letter.  You can take one word and do a lot with it, for example: cat- you can make the beginning sound, make all of the sounds, count syllables, and blend the sounds together to make the whole word.  You can also build vocabulary by seeing how many words you can use to describe the word.

Math Skills- Please practice counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, 10s, and practice counting to 30 by 2s.  Number writing is also a great skill to review to ensure there are no number reversals. 

*As always, we thank you for your participation and cooperation.  If you need more information or have any questions, please contact us.  Many Thanks!

Dates:

Monday, February 6^th- Day 8

Wednesday, February 8^th- 2 hour data delay

Friday, February 10^th- NSE Valentine Party

week of January 30, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter Week of January 30, 2017

Important Information:

*The 100^th Day of School is scheduled to fall on Wednesday, February 1^st.  If your child would like to dress as he/she were 100 years old.  We will be doing many things to celebrate the day here.  We can’t wait!

*On Friday, February 3^rd, students will be participating in a Luau for their monthly reward for the month of January.  Students will be permitted to wear a brightly colored/tropical printed/Hawaiian shirt or dress.  No shorts or sandals are allowed.  Dress code approved bottoms must still be worn.

*Please remember to review all sight words nightly and read and complete the AR log for January.  The goal is at least 15 books per month.  If you need an additional log, please write a note and we will send one home.

*Don’t forget to check our blog that contains the information on our weekly newsletter that is located on the NS website under “staff emails and homework blogs”.

Dates:

Monday, January 30- Day 4

week of January 23, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter Week of January 23, 2017

Math:   After we review our past topics and take our Topic 5 assessment, we will be starting a new topic. Our Topic will be: Topic 6, Numbers to 100.  We will learn how to count to 100 and learn about number patterns.  Our math words are: row, column, count by 2s and count by 10s.  We have been doing many of those things to lead up to this topic.  Please continue to practice counting by 1s, 5s, and 10s.  We do use a 100 chart in school to help us practice counting to 100.  We also practice identifying 2 digit numbers, for example: 68 is a 6 and an 8. 

Reading:  Our new story is “The Lion and The Mouse” and we will be focusing on main idea.  We will be talking about changing the way we feel.  Our amazing words are: jungle, snarled, beast, trembling, nibbling, entangled.  We will be continuing to explore first sounds of words, segmenting words, letter names, letter sounds, and blending words.  Practicing all letters and sounds is very beneficial as well as taking apart words such as: cat would be /k/ /a/ /t/ and making all of the sounds in the words. 

Information:

*Please remember to review all sight words nightly and read and complete the AR log for January.  The goal is at least 15 books per month.  If you need an additional log, please write a note and we will send one home.

*Please take a moment and review the manila folder that came home on Friday.  It contains the assessments we have been giving in class.  Please sign and return it as soon as possible because the information is used for report cards and daily group work.  If you have any questions, feel free to write a note, send an email, or call.  Thanks for your cooperation!

*Don’t forget to check our blog that contains the information on our weekly newsletter that is located on the NS website under “staff emails and homework blogs”.

Dates:

Monday, January 23- Day 9

week of January 16, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (Week of January 16, 2017)

Math: We will be continuing Topic 5, Counting, Reading, Writing numbers to 20.  We will also be problem solving using these numbers.  Please continue to practice writing numbers to 20.  We also practice counting to 100 by 1, 5, and 10 daily.

Reading: Our new story is Then and Now.  It is a big book that we will be using to draw conclusions with.  The amazing words are: gears, webcams, phonographs, headphones, handwritten, newspapers.  We will review all letters, sounds, and words that begin with each letter sound.  Please continue to practice sight words.  The progress is awesome, keep up the hard work!

Reminders:

***Please continue to have your child wear a heavy coat, hat, and gloves because we go out to recess if possible.  Please label the items so that they can be returned to them if they are left somewhere in the classroom or school.

***Please continue to send a small snack daily and a drink if your child would like a drink.  Thank you!

***AR books for January are due at the end of the month.  The goal is 15 books a month and if you need an additional log, please let us know.

Important Dates:

January 16, 2017- No School for Students

January 17, 2017- Day 5, Computers

January 20, 2017- Spartan Dress Down Day $1

week of Jan. 9, 2017

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones’ Newsletter (Week of January 9, 2017)

Welcome back to school for the New Year!  We have been working very hard getting back into the routine and continuing to progress on our skills.  Coming up this week, we are starting new Math and Reading topics.

Math: Our new topic is, Topic 5, Numbers to 20.  We will be counting, reading, and writing numbers 11-20 and will be using logical reasoning to problem solve.  Words to know include ten frame and double ten frame.  Practicing counting, writing, and reading these numbers at home is beneficial to reinforce what we are working on in school.

Reading: Our new story is Farfallina and Marcel and it is a trade book that we will use to focus on plot of the story.  Our amazing words include: goose, caterpillar, reflection, gosling, butterfly, cocoon.  This story ties nicely into Science topics that include: migration and metamorphosis.  We will also be looking at captions in the book and reviewing other text features like bold words and types of punctuation. 

Ideas for practice: We review daily: all letters and sounds and words that begin with each letter.  We also work on blending sounds together smoothly when reading.  Please review all sight words and continue with the January AR reading log as the goal is at least 15 books per month.  We have a few students who can orally count to 100 and they are able to have their names on the wall for meeting the goal.

**If you need any more ideas for practice or have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call, send an email, or write a note in the folder.  Thanks for all of your cooperation, we are very proud of the progress made over the past few month and look forward to even more growth the second half of the year!

Important Dates:

Monday, January 9- Day 1, NSE PTO Meeting, 6:30 pm

Wednesday, January 11- Data Delay

Thursday, January 12- Day 3

Monday, January 16- No School for Students