Sunday, March 25, 2012

week of March 26, 2012

Homework for the week: ½ sheet practice (Monday-Thursday) and Spin to Win Reader Tuesday –Thursday)
This will be the last newsletter until we come back from Easter break. All important dates will be listed in this newsletter.

In Reading, our story will be The Little Engine that Could. We will be talking about the plot of the story and continue our discussion on going places and different forms of transportation.
In Math, we will be continuing writing practice to 30 and problem solving practice. We will also be discussing time of day and what you do at those times. We have also introduced 3-D shapes like cone, cylinder, cube, and sphere, and will be reviewing them as well.
In Phonics, we are learning combination Qu like in Queen and Quilt. Information about Queen Day and the wedding of Q and U will be coming home next week. We have now learned all the letters of the alphabet including long and short vowel sounds. We will now be working on combinations, digraphs, and other phonics rules. We will continue to put rules and reminders in the newsletters.
Friday, March 30- Kindergarten Graduation Pictures, please wear your white collared shirts and no up-dos for the girls.
*There will be no homework the week of April 2 due to the short week.*
Tuesday, April 3- Wedding of Q and U and Queen day. Queens- wear your Queen clothes and Boys can dress for the wedding.
Wednesday, April 4- Easter egg hunt and Easter party for Kindergarten
April 5-11- No School
April 12- Back to school, Day 4, Gym, please wear Gym clothes and sneakers

Saturday, March 10, 2012

week of March 12, 2012

Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Jones Nifty Newsletter (Week of March 12)

In Phonics, our letter is Xx like at the end of Fox. We will be having a Treasure Hunt at the end of the week to find the “Xx that marks the spot.” We have also been working on a new Phonics rule for long vowels. The rule is “When a vowel is not followed by a consonant, the vowel is long and we code it with a macron.” We also talked about the sound that long vowels make. They say their own name. Examples of the words we have been coding and reading are: me, he, so, no, hi. We are also naming words that begin with long vowels (acorn, equal, icicle, overalls and universe.

In Math, we will be working on identifying and writing numbers to30, reviewing penny, nickel, and dime. We will also be introducing quarters. A favorite lesson of ours is the tangram lesson and we will be working more with them as well.

To get ready for St. Patrick’s Day, we will be graphing and comparing Lucky Charms. We also had a Kid Writing about what we would do with a pot of gold that we found.

In Reading, our story is Mayday! Mayday! A Coast Guard Rescue. It is a nonfiction story and we will be learning about the ins and outs of a rescue. We will also be talking about different kinds of transportation that can be used in an emergency. Our skill is linking the cause to the effect and talking about the features of a nonfiction text.

Library is Day 2, Tuesday, please remember your books. Gym is Day 4, Thursday, please wear your sneakers.

Information about Kindergarten Graduation went home on Friday. These pictures will be on March 30th. The children will be wearing caps and gowns for the pictures. Your child will need to wear a white collared shirt so that the collar will be visible. If you need an extra picture form it is located on our blog to print.

We would just like to give a big shout out to all of our hard workers! We have started some report card testing and will continue to do so over the next week. Everyone is trying their best and working so hard. We are also working on word families, spelling words, and writing sentences. Great job everyone!