Thursday Note

Thursday Note 9-15-16

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!

Events of the Week:

Math:  We finished up our unit on positional words and then started our unit on measurement.  We are learning to compare objects by length.  Next week we will work on comparing by height, capacity, and weight.  

Language Workshop:  This week we read Who Said Red? and began our focus on identifying colors and color words.   We started writing in our reading logs this week.  Each day we focused on one color, drew objects that are that color, and then labeled the picture.  The students did a great job with this new activity.

Reading Workshop:  We continued our unit over reading routines.  This week we learned that the pictures in a book help tell the story and that the pictures match the words.  We also practiced retelling familiar stories to our share partner.

Writing Workshop:  Since we have now finished learning about our classmates by playing the Name Game, we focused on writing our names correctly.  When practicing at home, please make sure the first letter is capitalized and the rest are lowercase.  *Name homework is coming home today.  

Word Study:  Our sight word for this week was “my”.  The letters “Nn” and “Pp” were our letters of the week.  We worked on identifying each letter, writing it correctly, and saying its sound.

Thank you so much to the families who came to Grandparent’s Day!

Important Dates:

• Sept. 16:  No School (Professional development meetings for teachers)
• Sept. 19-23:  FBLA Canned Food Drive.  The class with the most donations wins a prize!  Let’s help those in need!
• Sept. 26:  Watch DOGS Pizza Night 6:00-8:00 p.m.
• Oct. 17:  No School
• Oct. 18-20:  Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held the week of October 18th.  I will be sending home sign-up information at a later date.  Thanks!

Sight Words

These are the sight words we have learned so far.  Your child should be able to read each of these words.  Please practice them at home with your child.   

I   is   a   the   my

Reading Journey

I hope you are finding time each day to read with your child.  The students are really enjoying seeing all the places their classmates are reading. Feel free to email me pictures and I will share them with the class. When reading with your children, please encourage them to point out our sight words and letters we have learned.

Next Week:

• We will continue to learn about the color words.
• In math, we will continue our unit on measurement.
• We will learn about the letters “Cc” and “Hh”.
• Our sight word will be “like”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger