Friday Note

Events of the Week: 

Math:  We started a new math topic over numbers 1-5.  Please practice writing these numbers at home with your child. 

Language Workshop: Our focus this week was on color review.   Our book for the week was Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?.  We read and practiced retelling this story using our story wheels.  We also made our own “Brown Bear Reader” to add to our Independent Reading boxes.

Reading Workshop:  This week during IR time I started reading with students individually checking their understanding of concepts of print.  I’m using a level A text with sight words they should know (Ex: I see apples.).  I am asking your child questions such as, “Can you show me where to begin reading?” “How many words are in that sentence?” “Where would you read next?” “Can you point to an ending mark?”.  I’m also looking to see if they are using the picture for clues. 

Writing Workshop:  Each day we wrote a sentence from the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?.  As a class we set at the carpet with a clipboard and talked about what we were going to write for the day.  Once we decided what our sentence was we counted the number of words in the sentence.  We used sight words and color words to complete the sentence.  After writing each word we would go back and reread to figure out the next word in the sentence.  Once the sentence was complete, students went back to their seats to draw a picture to match the sentence.  We call this process “Interactive Writing”.  Your child should be able to read each page to you independently.

Word Study: Our sight word was “see”.  It popped up a lot in our reading and writing this week.  We practiced building “see” with magnetic letters and writing it correctly.  Our letters for the week were “Ff” and “Dd”.  Don’t forget to practice letter and sound identification at home with your child. 

Content Workshop:  We did several different color mixing experiments.  Be sure to ask your child about the different activities we completed.  What a fun way to end our day each day! 

 

Important Dates:

·        Oct. 2 ~ PTA Movie Night on the playground at 7:00 pm

·        Oct. 8 ~ Book Orders Due

·        Oct. 9 ~ End of 1^st Quarter & End of 1^st Quarter Reading Journey    

·        Oct. 12 ~ Fall Break-No School

·        Oct. 19-21 ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        October 20 ~ School Picture Day

Sight Words

Your child should be able to recognize these words within 3 seconds.  It is very important that you practice them at home with your child, as we will be adding new ones each week.   

I     the     see     like     is   my    a  

1st Quarter Assessments

Next week we will begin assessing over 1^st Quarter skills.  Some of the skills we will be assessing over are letter identification, sight words, counting to 25, measurement, sorting, and address, birthday and phone number.  If your child has already scored “Proficient” in an area, he/she will not be assessed over that skill again this quarter.  Please be sure to practice at home!

Parent-Teacher Conferences

My Parent-Teacher conferences will be held October 19^th from 4-8 pm, October 20^th from 4-5 pm and October 21^st from 4-7 pm.   All parents are expected to schedule a conference time.  You may sign-up online at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4aacae2ba6f58-parent/

I look forward to meeting with you.

Halloween Party  Our Halloween Party will be October 30th.  We will begin changing into costumes at 11:30.  Parents are welcome to help at that time.  Parents may also start setting up for the party at this time.  At 11:45 we will parade through the school in our costumes.  The party will begin after the parade, at approximately 12:00 and last until 12:30.  Please remember to send your child’s costume to school that morning!  Do not bring it with you—you never know when you might be delayed unexpectedly. *Special note about costumes—NO weapons of any kind allowed, please keep blood and gore to a minimum!

Reading Journey

I hope you and your child have enjoyed completing the Reading Journey.  Please return the Reading Journey activities page by Friday, October 9^th.  We will celebrate our reading journey and have a read-a-thon in our classroom the following week.  We will begin another Reading Journey very similar to this one for second quarter.  Be looking for more details to come home.      

Next Week:

·        Our theme will be Fall.  We will learn about informational books.  

·        In math, we will continue our topic on numbers 1-5.

·        Our sight word will be “it”.

·        Our letters for the week will be “Ll” and “Kk”. 

Have a Great Weekend!!

MRs. Wenger