Friday Note 1-8-16

Friday Note 1/08/16

I hope you all had a great Christmas and were able to spend a lot of time with your families.

This Week:  In math we started learning to join groups, which lays the foundation for addition. Our focus in reading this week was on the different versions of the gingerbread man.  Here’s what we did in each workshop:

·         Language Workshop—We read several different books about the gingerbread man.  We read Gingerbread loose at school, Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Girl, and The Gingerbread Pirates.  Each day we discussed the story elements. We reviewed character and setting. We practiced retelling the stories and we compared the books. 

·         Writing Workshop—We wrote a sentence about the book we had read during Language Workshop.  The kids are working very hard on their writing each day.

·         Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers while I work in small groups or one on one with students. 

·        Word Study—Our sight word was “you”.  We practiced building our sight words with magnetic letters. 

**We have finished learning the letters in the alphabet. Please work with your child if he or she does not know all of the letters and sounds.

Important Dates:

o   Jan. 11:  Breakfast in the Classroom begins!

o   Jan. 14:  Cox Care Mobile (call the nurse to schedule an appointment)

o   Jan. 18:  No School

Library Books

Your child will begin bringing home library books next week.  Remember to take care of the library books while they are at your house!  A good idea is to keep the library book in your child’s backpack when it is not being read.  Library books are due back each Thursday, so your child can check out a new book.

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I    is    like    see    my    a    the    be   

it    he    she    to    can    with    go    me    you

**2nd Quarter Progress Reports are coming home today.  Please look over it and work with your child on the skills they have not mastered yet.  This is your copy to keep.  Let me know if you have any questions. 

The Character Word for January is:

Perseverance

(Never, ever quit!)

BOOK BAGS!  3^rd Quarter Reading Journey!!

Your child is bringing his/her book bag home for the first time today.  There are letters in the book bag and in your child’s daily folder.  Please read these carefully.  They include important information regarding our 3^rd quarter reading journey, your child’s book bag, and ways to help your child become a better reader. The bag, books, and signed log need returned every Friday!!

Next Week:

·        Our theme will be Winter. 

·        We will continue to work on addition.

·        Our sight words will be “and” and “we”.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger