week of May 27, 2014

This is the last full week of school.  Please refer to any prior newsletters, blog posts, calendars, or notes for a full list of activities this week and the last day of school on June 2.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or write a note and we will get back to you.

Please note that Kindergarten contributed $300 to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.  Thanks for all that donated!

Have a great rest of the school year and a happy and safe summer!

xoxo,
Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones

week of May 12

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter

Date: Week of May 12                  Happy Mothers' Day!            

Important Information:

Monday: Day 5 Computers

Tuesday: Day 1 Art

Wednesday: Day 2 Book Exchange (All Library books have been due)

Thursday: Day 3 Music

Friday: Day 4 Gym (Please wear sneakers)

*We will still be collecting change for the American Cancer Society this week.  Please label any money that comes in with your child’s name and our name and the name of destination (ex. lunch money, book order, American Cancer society, etc.) . Our Field Trip will be May 28, 2014 and it will be to the Pioneer Tunnel.   Graduation will be May 20.    Carnival Day will be May 23, please see ½ sheet in your child’s folder with volunteer information if you are interested and able.

Coming Up Next Week: Phonics- We will be working on the combinations ar, or, and er like in star, horse, and butter. We will also review digraphs and combinations, and long and short vowels.  We are scheduled to finish the Kindergarten Phonics papers this week and then be practicing more reading and writing skills to prepare for 1st grade!   Math – We finished Chapter 14, Identifying and Describing Shapes.  We will be taking the test on Monday and starting Chapter 15 on Tuesday.   Reading – Our new story is called Homes Around the World. We will discuss comparing and contrasting. This begins our new Reading unit on Homes.  We will also be working on verbs and using I and me.   *There will be no more homework for the remainder of the Kindergarten year in our room.  Please continue to check your child’s folder daily for any information that must be read and daily work should be cleaned out.*

Week of May 5

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter

Date: Week of May 5                                

Important Information:

Monday Day 5 Computers

Tuesday Day 1 Art

Wednesday Day 2 Library (Don’t forget your book)

Thursday Day 3 Music

Friday Day 4

Gym (Don’t forget sneakers)

We finished The Magic Tree House Book #  4 and began # 5 Night of the Ninja! Upcoming Dates May 20 – Kindergarten Graduation 6:00 high school auditorium May 23 – Carnival May 26 – No School Memorial Day May 28 – Field Trip to Pioneer Tunnel, May 29 – Field trip rain date. Please continue to practice sight words and nonsense words often. At the beginning of May, the Reading teachers will test each child for an End-of-the-year Kindergarten test.  Children will need to write a dictated sentence or two, recognize, write, and give the sound of every letter of the alphabet, be able to provide a word that begins with every letter of the alphabet, and be able to write as many words correctly in 10 minutes. Students may write sight words, word family words, names etc.  Please try at home to work on some of the areas to be tested to ensure that your child is fully prepared.

Coming Up Next Week: Phonics- We will continue to work on reading and writing vowel consonant sneaky e words and introduce digraph ch and ee. Math – We will identify and describe shapes. We will take our Unit 13 assessment and begin Unit 14. Reading – Our new story is This is the Way We Go to school. We will work on the comprehension skill Drawing Conclusions. Writing – We will work on writing invitations. Grammar – differentiate between nouns and verbs

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter

Date: Week of April 28                              

Important Information:

Monday: Day 5 Computers

Tuesday: Day 1 Art

Wednesday: Day 2 Book Exchange (Don’t forget your book)

Thursday: Day 3 Music

Friday: Day 4 Gym (Please wear sneakers)

Thanks for the donations to the Military that have come in and if you need any more information about it, please contact us for another paper.

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Please continue to practice sight words and nonsense words often.  Our final Dibels testing is coming up at the beginning of May.

 

Our Field Trip will be May 28, 2014 and it will be to the Pioneer Tunnel.

 

Graduation

will be May 20.  DVD orders are due on May 5^th.

Coming Up Next Week:

 

Phonics- We will be working on the digraph oo like in book and tooth.  We will also review digraph th, sh, ck, and long and short vowels.

 

Math – We finished Chapter 12, Measurement and really did a wonderful job on the test!!  Topic 13 is: Sorting, Classifying, and Categorizing Data.

 

Reading – Our new story is called On the Move. We will discuss main idea. This is an informational text about transportation.  We will also be working on nouns in sentences, compound words, and writing an invitation.

 

In Kid Writing, we are working on adding details to our pictures, writing with 2 finger spaces, using punctuation, and writing a complete story about a topic.

 

We are reading the 4^th Book in the Magic Tree House series, Pirates Past Noon.  We have also started a KWL chart with information that we know, we want to know, and what we learned about pirates.

Week of April 21

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter

Date: Week of April 21                              

Important Information:

Monday Day 5 Computers

Tuesday Day 1 Art

Wednesday Day 2 Library (Don’t forget your book)

Thursday Day 3 Music

Friday Day 4

Gym (Don’t forget sneakers)

We finished The Magic Tree House Book # 2 and began #3 Mummies in the Morning!   Our Egg Hunt was so much fun! We also sorted, graphed, and used jelly beans to add and subtract!   On Monday, high school students from the Teens Against Tobacco Program will speak with our class and play a game. **Students may wear gym clothes!**   We will also have our Guidance lesson with Mrs. Hull on Monday.   On Friday, the high school Diversity Club will visit and present a lesson on diversity.   Please continue to practice sight words and nonsense words often.

Coming Up Next Week: Phonics- We will introduce voiced digraph th as in feather and unvoiced digraph th as in thimble.   Math – We will compare by height, compare capacities and compare by weight. We will take our Unit 12 assessment and begin Unit 13.   Reading – Our new story is The Little Engine that Could. Our comprehension skill is Conflict/ Solution. We will also work on identifying nouns.   Writing – We will work on writing a letter to a friend.

week of April 7, 2014

Mrs. Borden & Mrs. Jones’ Nifty Newsletter

Date: Week of April 7                                

Important Information:

Monday Day 1 Art.

Tuesday Day 2 Library (Don’t forget your book)

Wednesday Day 3 Music

Thursday Day 4 Gym (Don’t forget sneakers)

Friday Day 5 Computers

Coming Up Next Week:

Phonics- Congratulations, we have finished all of our letters of the alphabet and we will be learning Phonics rules!  Our rule is: when a vowel is not followed by a consonant, the vowel is long and code it with a macron.  We will also be working on Digraph ck like at the end of Duck.  A digraph is: 2 letters that come together to make 1 sound.

 

*Save the date: The Wedding of Q and U is used to celebrate the combination qu.  The wedding will be on Friday, April 11, 2014.  Formal invitation to follow. *

 

Math – We will be finishing work on Topic 11, Decomposing Numbers 11 to 19.  We will then start Topic 12, Measurement.

 

Reading – Our new story is called Mayday, Mayday. We will discuss cause and effect. This is an informational text.  We will also be working on asking questions, quotations marks, and using I and me.

 

 

 

Thank you for all of your donations for our PTO auction basket. The theme of our basket is car care. The auction is April 12 (shop and drop) and April 13 (auction). Thank you!

 

For the Field Trip:  If you are interested in chaperoning the Field Trip, please send in a note as soon as possible.  Also, please make sure that you have fulfilled your PTO requirements that are necessary to be a chaperone for a Field Trip.

 

Please continue to practice sight words and nonsense words often.  Our final Dibels testing is coming up at the beginning of May.

 

Report cards came home.   Please sign and return as soon as possible and contact us with any questions or concerns.  Thank you!

 

 

week of March 31, 2014

Important Information:

Monday  Day 1 Art.

Tuesday Day 2 Book Exchange (Don’t forget your book)

Wednesday Day 3 Music

Thursday Day 4 Gym (Don’t forget sneakers)

                                               Friday Day 5 Computers

 

 

Coming Up Next Week:

Phonics- our new letter is Qq as in Quilt.  The Q and U are a combination and are coded with an arc.

*We will celebrate Queen Day on Friday, April 4^th. Girls can dress as fancy as they would like. Information for the Wedding of Q and U will be coming home soon.  This is our last letter of the alphabet before we start working on more Phonics Rules.*

 

Math – We will be finishing work on Topic 10, Comparing Numbers 11 to 19.  We will then start Topic 11, Decomposing Numbers 11 to 19.

 

Reading – Our new story is called Max Takes the Train. We will discuss transportation. Our comprehension skill is sequence and we will be working on the main idea of the story.

 

Thank you for all of your donations for our PTO auction basket. The theme of our basket is car care. The auction is April 12 (shop and drop) and April 13 (auction). Thank you!

 

Graduation pictures are scheduled for Thursday, April 3. Students will be provided with a cap and gown but will need a white collared shirt to wear underneath. Girls, please no headbands, or bows because the cap will not fit properly.

 

 

Please continue to practice sight words and nonsense words often.

 

April 1^st starts the 4^th Marking Period and 3^rd Marking Period report cards will be coming soon.