Friday Note 9-19-14

Friday Note 9-19-14

Events of the Week: This week we read Who Said Red? and began our focus on identifying colors and color words.  We introduced the colors red, blue green and yellow.  Ask your child to sing the color songs we have learned! Our sight word this week was my. We have finished learning about our classmates by playing the Name Game.  The letters “Nn” and “Pp” were our letters of the week.  We worked on identifying each letter, writing it, and its sound.  In math we started our unit on measurement.  We learned to compare things by length.  Next week we will work on comparing by weight and capacity.

Important Dates:

·        Oct. 13—Columbus Day—No School

·        Oct. 20-23— Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        Oct. 20-24— SchoolBus Safety Week

·        Oct. 27-31—Red Ribbon Week

The character word for September is respect!

Ask your child what it means.

(Treating others the way you want to be treated.)

We are continuing to work on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays.   Please practice with your child at home on these.   These will be on the grade card when I assess your child in October.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held the week of October 20st.  I will be sending home sign-up information at a later date.  Thanks!

Reading Challenge!

Don’t forget to be completing the reading challenge logs!  To earn a homerun your student must complete all four reading logs by the end of first quarter. 

Keep up the hard work!

IR Time (Independent Reading)

Has your child said anything about IR time?  Over the last four weeks we have been practicing reading independently in our classroom.  During IR time your child picks a special reading place around the classroom to read.  While reading at home with your child ask them what they are doing during IR time (looking for sight words, letters we’ve learned, spaces between words, ending marks & capital letters).  This week we learned to make a prediction about what the book will be about by looking at the front cover.  We also learned that the pictures in the book tell a story and that the words in the book match the pictures.  These are great skills that you can work on with your child while reading at home each night.  Independent Reading time is one of our favorite times of the day.  J 

Next Week:

·        We will continue to learn about the color words.

·        We will read Mouse Paint and other color books.

·        In math, we will continue our unit on measurement. 

·        In writing, we will start putting our thoughts into our journal.

 

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs.  Wenger