Friday Note

~FRIDAY NOTE (9/29/17)~

Math:  We introduced the numbers 9 and 10.  We’ve been working a lot with part, part, whole (total).  Example, 4 and 5 are parts of 9 (whole/total).  The students may refer to these as “hidden partners”.  Your child should be able to identify numbers 0-10 now.  We will be assessing this skill soon.

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

Reading Workshop:  This week 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 like 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”.  Look for these papers in their folder.  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. Our letters for the week were “Nn”, “Oo”, “Pp” and “Qq”.  Don’t forget to practice letter and sound identification at home with your child.  Your child should now be able to identify the letter and sound for letters Aa-Qq.

1st Quarter Assessments

Next week we will begin assessing over 1st Quarter skills.  Some of the skills we will be assessing over are letter identification, sight words, numbers 0-10, and counting to 25.  Please be sure to practice at home!

Important Dates:

Oct. 3~ Cookie dough Fundraiser money due

• Oct. 5 ~ School Pictures
• Oct. 7 ~ Fall Festival (5-7:30 pm on the elementary playground)
• Oct. 11 ~ End of 1st Quarter Reading Journey
• Oct. 12 ~ End of 1st Quarter
• Oct. 12 ~ Cox Care Mobile
• Oct. 13 ~ NO SCHOOL (Fall Break)
• Oct. 16-17 ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Oct. 27 ~ Halloween Party (see below for details)

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   

Halloween Party Our Halloween Party will be October 27th.  At noon, we will parade through the school in our costumes.  The party will begin after the parade, at approximately 12:30 and last until 1:00.  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!

Next Week:

• Our theme will be Fall.  We will learn about informational (non-fiction) books.  
• In math, we will review numbers 0-10.
• Our sight word will be “it”.
• Our letters for the week will be “Rr”, “Ss”, “Tt” and “Uu”.