Weekly Update for 1/11/20211/12/2021
0 COMMENTS Hi Parents! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Here is what’s going on next week:
MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8). MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue our new unit, “Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles.” This week, students will study pattern breaks in books. They will review their super powers and remember to use them especially when they notice a pattern break in their books. When students are reading their books with their superpowers and have solved a tricky word, they will check that their attempt looks right by checking that the letters match, sounds right, and makes sense. When they get to the end of their books, they will use the pattern and the ending to think about what the whole book was about and share that with someone (or pet or stuffed animal). We will also warm up with an alphabet chart, practicing saying the sounds as soon as they see the letters. Then they will read a book, saying the initial sounds of words when they approach them. Students will use their knowledge of blends and digraphs to help them solve the words in their books. They can recognize blends and digraphs at the start of unknown words and get their mouths ready by saying the sound(s). In phonics, we will be discussing r blends and reviewing s and l blends. Examples of r blends include: br, cr, pr, dr, etc. For read aloud, we will be reading “The Napping House” and focusing on patterns in books. In writing, we will continue our narratives, or true stories. students will work with a partner, whether virtual or face to face, (teacher, parent, sibling, etc.) to reread their writing. They will use their tools, like their pencil to point to each word as they read. Then, their partner will help them fix things up using other tools, like the personal word wall for snap words. When working with partners, we will be focusing on stretching out words and getting more sounds in each. Partners can read each other’s work and stop at any words that are hard to read to fix them up. Students will look back over all of their writing and thinking about everything they have learned to make writing easy to read and work on improving their writing and revising their writing. When revising, they can add more to their story. They can add details to their pictures and words, going to back to words they had a hard time reading and re-spelling, etc. In social studies, we will continue our unit on maps and globes. This week, we will focus on map keys and using our cardinal directions to locate places on a map. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Alexis Hi Parents! I hope you and your families have a wonderful break! I also wanted to say thank you for the class gift too. 😊 This email will be for face to face and remote students. Here is what’s going on when we come back from break:
Please make sure students continue to read and answer questions about what they are reading and work on iready math and reading over break. Students can also continue to practice counting, writing numbers, reviewing 2d and 3d shapes, etc. I will be assessing students on their reading levels when we return, and students will also be taking their second iready math and reading diagnostic when we return from break as well. In math, we will be reviewing pennies and dimes and that we can trade ten pennies for a dime. We will also begin learning how to count sets of coins that include pennies and dimes. We will learn that we always start with the dimes and count by 10’s first and then transition to counting by 1’s when we count the pennies. Students will have Seesaw activities to work on during their small group math time. In reading, we will begin our new reading unit of study: Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles. We will learn to study our books and think about how they are getting bigger and harder. We will review their reading super powers and remember to use all of their powers to support their reading. Then, they will make a reading plan, stacking their books in order from easiest to hardest and then reading in that order. We will also be on the lookout for patterns in our books. When we find a pattern, we will work to carry that pattern across the pages of our books. After talking about patterns, students will read their books thinking about what stays the same and what changes. Then they will use the first letter of the changing/unknown word and check the picture to help them solve the word. In writing, we will continue our narrative, or true story, unit. Students will be sent home with writing paper for the three virtual days. We will review everything we will need to include in our narratives: thinking of something that happened to us or something that we did, starting our introduction page with “One dark night,” or “One sunny morning,” pictures and words include who, what, and where, and use speech bubbles. Students will look back over their writing from before, seeing if they’ve used certain words a lot and marking them (sight words/snap words). Then, they can talk about adding them to their personal word wall when returning to school. Students can create their own personal word wall at home if they wish. They can then use this tool as they write a new true story and work to write snap words quickly. Students will continue their books/start a new piece and tell their stories to a listener. In social studies, we will begin our new IB unit on maps and globes. Here are the standards: Please start working with students on memorizing their home address including city, state, and country. SSKG2 Explain that a map is a drawing of a place and a globe is a model of Earth. a. Differentiate land and water features on simple maps and globes. b. Explain that maps and globes show a view from above. c. Explain that maps and globes show features in a smaller size. SSKG3 State the street address, city, state, and country in which the student lives. In phonics, we will be reviewing syllables, s blends, and l blends. It is important that the kids are able to recognize their blends (along with word families and the vowel teams we have begun) instantly as it helps them decode words. Making flashcards of these is a great resource to practice at home as well. In shared reading, we will be reading about maps and globes and for our read aloud, we will be reading “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” and talk about patterns. j
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Hi Parents!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Here is what’s going on next week:
In math this week, we will continue our unit on continued counting. We will discuss that pennies are one cent each and practice using these in our ten frames instead of cubes or counters. We will continue breaking numbers down into tens and ones and discussing base 10. It’s important for students to know that our teen numbers have 1 group of 10 and there are some left over as well as how to write the decomposing number sentence/equation both ways (15=10+5 and 10+5=15). We have also talked about bigger numbers and will continue to work on identifying how many tens and ones there are in those numbers. We will also work on comparing sets of objects and numbers using the “alligator” sign. Students will learn that the alligator always eats the bigger number. We will also discuss how to read these number comparison sentences. Students will get to play a partner dice game and card game to work on comparing numbers. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8). MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will finish up our Superpowers unit. We will study punctuation clues to help students figure out how the parts of their songs or poems or books should be read. By using these important clues, they can bring their reading to life even more. Students will also pay attention to what is happening in the book as they read so they can change their voices to match each character and each part. I will introduce book talk power and how we can read and introduce books to get ready for partner time. One way they can activate their book talk power is by introducing their book to their partner, then reading it together, then talking about it. Students will practice reading and retelling the important parts of a book they know well. They can do this by using the cover, the pictures, the pattern and of course the ending to help them retell the book. In phonics, we will talk about the digraph qu and we will also start learning about syllables. We will clap out all the syllables we hear in words. For shared reading, we will read a few books about French food and French culture/traditions as well as books about stars, winter, and animals in the day and night. In writing, we will continue our narratives, or true stories. Students will look back over all their previous books and we will discuss what makes writing hard to read and easy to read. We will continue practicing our introduction pages that begin like, “One sunny day or One dark night…,” including who was there, what happened, and where they were as well as speech bubbles, labels, and details in their pictures and words. We will continue to practice beginning our sentences with a capital letter, using finger spaces, and ending with punctuation. We will also work on expanding on our sentences. For science, we will finish up our unit on day and night sky. Students will create a paper plate sun in which they write sun facts on each of the sun’s rays. As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Hi Parents!
I hope you’ve had another great week! In math this week, I will be giving students a post assessment on our current unit This will be a grade. Students need to know how to count to 40 by 1’s and 10’s, count on from a number, write their numbers 0-21, how to count objects using our counting strategies, know that a group of objects is the same number if it is rearranged without adding or taking away any cubes, one more and one less, and sorting by color and counting how many objects are in each set. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for our next unit after Thanksgiving Break: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8). MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue our new unit on “Superpowers!” We will discuss how partners an sit side-by-side, one book or poem or song will go in the middle, and they will take turns reading and pointing making sure to focus on making their pointing match what they are reading. As students are reading, we will go over how they need to make sure that when they get stuck or into some trouble they use ALL their strategies to help them get unstuck. Some strategies they will be using include: pointer power, reread power, partner power and picture power. We will also practice using picture power and add how they can also look closely at the letters in the word and think about the sounds they make to figure out what the word is. Students will also work hard to learn new words as they read by using the “How to Learn a Word” process: •Read the Word •Study the Word •Spell the Word •Write the Word •Use the Word In phonics, we will be discussing the letters “Vv,” “Xx,” and “ Zz.” For shared reading, we will read a book about helping others not only during this time of year, but all year. We will also read a poem about being thankful and a silly turkey poem. In writing, we will be finishing up our “Show and Tell” unit. Students will have a post assessment on Monday and Tuesday. They will choose an object or a place to show and tell about and use all that they learned: labels and details in their pictures and words, writing a sentence, etc. We will also begin our narrative stories (true stories). We will talk about getting ideas from stories and practice storytelling, planning stories page by page, and adding more details to pictures and stories. In social studies, we will be talking about gratitude all week. Each day, students will think of something they are thankful for in the following areas:friends, skills and talent, something at home, a book, and a freedom. Our “Cookies for Character” learner profile word this month is “reflective.” We will be reading the story, “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse” and discuss how this book represents reflection. Hi Parents!
I hope you’ve had another great week! In math this week, I will be giving students a formative assessment on counting from 1-40 and writing their numbers 1-20. This will be a grade. I will also pre assess students on our next unit- continued counting. Please see below for the standards in our next unit that we will talk about next week but officially begin after Thanksgiving break. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8). MGSE1.NBT.7 Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will begin our new unit on “Superpowers!” This is my absolute favorite unit as students learn about different superpowers to help them read. This week, we will focus on “Pointer power in which students put their finger, popsicle stick, pencil, etc. under each word as they are reading to make sure they don’t leave out or add any words. When talking about pointer power, we will discuss how readers don’t let longer words slow them down: every word gets one tap. We will also use “Snap word Power” (snap words are the same thing as sight words) in which we identify our sight words in a snap! We will be reading the story “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” to help us with these two powers. We will even read “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?” and “Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do you See?” to help reinforce these concepts. In phonics, we will be discussing the digraph “wh” and the letter Yy. For shared reading, we will be reading a book about signs all around us as symbols, a poem about Veteran’s Day, and a book about our current season, Fall. In writing, we will be finishing up our “Show and Tell” unit. We will be reviewing/working on finger spaces in between words, expanding and adding more sentences, how to end our books, and celebrate the end of this unit. For this celebration, students will get to share their books that they have worked so hard on! On Friday, students will have a narrative writing pre assessment. They will be writing about a “small moment” in which they did something. In social studies, we will continue our unit on Symbols. We will have some fun with Microsoft Teams symbols that students were using earlier in the year and we will also talk about symbols that tell us information about positive behavior. We will also read a book on the American Flag and working on making text to text connections, text to world connections, and text to self connections. Hi Parents,
I hope you’ve all had a great week and for those without power it comes back on soon! Here are a few reminders for next week:
Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. MGSEK.CC.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue with our second reading unit. We will delve deeper into labeling our storybooks and work with partners.When students work with a partner, they can read the story the best they can and talk about the important things. Kids and their partners can also read and make more labels together! Partners can help each other hear more sounds in books. We will discuss making our own pattern books, based off the labels in students’ storybooks and the sight words that they are learning. Students can then reread and share, not only their storybooks with friends and family, but the pattern books that they made as well. Just like discussing our writing with someone, we will discuss our reading with someone. Before discussing with a partner, students can mark parts that they want to share with a sticky note or piece of paper. We will discuss that we can also ask each other questions. Asking partners questions help to clarify what’s going on in the book and to share how they like the book. In writing, we will continue to create show and tell books about places. Students will write books about the things they love, that kids like them will want to read. They will use the words they know to write multiple pattern books across pages. Students will work on planning their pattern books using the sight words they know. Then, they’ll draw and write those books, working to write a sentence on each page. We will also work on including finger spaces between our words in sentences. To go along with patterns, we will be reading the story, “We’re going on a Leaf Hunt” for our read aloud this week. In social studies, we will continue talking about symbols. Our international day country of study is France- we will look at different monuments/landmarks that are symbols of France. Students will get to draw a picture of the landmark they choose and research a fact about it. We will also be making a class flag. Students will get to create their very own part of the flag by putting symbols on it that represent them. Ex: a heart for love, a baseball if that is a sport they love, music note if they love music, their initials, favorite animal, etc. One of our shared reading books will connect to social studies- “Our Class Flag.” Our other shared reading book will be an old favorite storybook- “Chicken Little.” Hi Parents!
I hope you had a fantastic week! Here’s what’s going on next week!
Monday 10/26 – Proud to be Drug Free! Wear red to help kick off Red Ribbon Week! Tuesday 10/27 – Peace Out to Drugs! Wear peace signs and/or tie dye Wednesday 10/28 – Follow Your Dreams! Wear your pajamas! Thursday 10/29 – Team Up Against Drugs! Wear your favorite sports team shirt or jersey Friday 10/30 – My Character Counts! Dress up as your favorite book or movie character (no masks/hoodies/fake weapons)!
In math this week, we will continue our counting unit. Students will work on an activity called “Bag of Beans” in which they will utilize different counting strategies to complete. We will also work on exemplars. Exemplars are higher order thinking word problems. We will use the CUBES strategy. C-circle the numbers, U-underline the question, B-box the key words, E-evaluate, S-solve. Students will work on fun Halloween number representation activities with Mrs. Gillon. We will continue to discuss teen numbers and how they always start with a 1. We will review counting on and work on counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. We will work on crossing over to the next decade (i.e. 29-30, 49-50, 79-80, etc.) Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. MGSEK.CC.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue with our second reading unit. We will talk about marking words with a sticky note that we notice and can point to from our old favorite storybooks. We will do a lot with labeling characters, objects, feelings, actions, and descriptions in our books using sticky notes. After we have everything labeled, students will use this information to re-tell the story. We will be using the story, “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” during read aloud to practice with. In writing, we will continue to create show and tell books about places. We will continue to create a title page, and choose 3 areas of the place students chose and write a page on each. For instance, if a student chooses to show and tell about the grocery store, the first place they can draw and write about could be where the shopping cards are, the second place could be the bakery, and the third place could be the checkout area. We will continue to work on adding labels and details to our pictures and focus even more on adding sentences to match our picture. Students will have a formative writing assessment to see where they are in this unit. Students need to be able to choose a place and create a title page, choose 3 areas of that place (1 place per page) and draw/label/ write sentences on each page. On Friday, students will get to do a show and tell piece on their storybook character! In social studies, we will continue talking about American symbols such as the White House, Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell, etc. We will inquire about symbols and think about the following: What is a symbol? How do we all know what these symbols mean? Do you think people in different countries would also recognize these symbols? Remote students will be getting a separate email with remote plans and any necessary attachments. As always, please let me know if you have any questions!
Here are a few reminders: -Earlier this week, I emailed you the newsletter and information for the storybook character project. Please make sure these materials are turned in on the given due dates. I have attached the newsletter again and template for remote students. -We will be going to the library on Tuesday. Starting this week, we will be going every other week to check out new books and to listen to a story. Please make sure your child brings back their library book. - In math this week, we will continue our counting unit. We will continue to discuss teen numbers and how they always start with a 1. We will review counting on and work on counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. We will work on crossing over to the next decade (i.e. 29-30, 49-50, 79-80, etc.) We will use number lines to work on identifying numbers that are one more. To enrich this, we will also talk about numbers that are one less. We will continue to practice counting on and putting “the number in our pocket.” For example, if I asked a student to count on from 13, they would put 13 in their pocket and then start counting with 14. Students will also have a formative assessment this week. Students need to know how to count on and write teen numbers, cross off and count a quantity, and represent a teen number by drawing a picture, filling in ten frames, and writing the number. Please make sure students practice counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100 every night if needed. For students who have mastered this standard, you can practice counting by 1’s to 200 and/or skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, etc. Here are the standards we will focus on for this unit: MGSEK.CC.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. MGSEK.CC.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. In ELA, we will continue with our Lucy Calkins reading and writing units of study. In reading, we will continue with our second reading unit. We will reread and look closely at books students know well to make their reading sound like a story. We will do a read aloud with the book, “Corduroy” to help facilitate this as well. In writing, we will start writing show and tell books about important places, not just object. Students will practice making time for drawing and writing so they don’t spend too long on either. We will continue discussing the importance of details in our pictures and adding longer labels to bring pages to life. In social studies, we will begin talking about American symbols such as the White House, Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell, etc., community symbols like Chick-fil-a, stop sights, etc., and universal symbols like the peace sign, heart, smile, music notes, etc. We will inquire about symbols and think about the following: What is a symbol? How do we all know what these symbols mean? Do you think people in different countries would also recognize these symbols? Reminders: October 12 and 13th -Students do not have school. Schedule : The new schedule is attached to this email . This will reflect both FTF and URL. Lunches: We will have A and B days of eating in the classroom and cafeteria . * Math In math we will be reading the book “Zero is” and discussing how 0 represents a count of no objects . Students will create their own page for our “Zero Is” class book. We will also begin to discuss different ways to represent teen numbers ( tally’s, number word, base 10, picture, ten frames, etc.)To enrich this math skill we will also be talking about odd and even numbers, one more and one less and representing the number on the number line . Ms. Marshall will also be teaching a math lesson this week. 😊 ELA In reading we will review the anchor chart,“ We are storybook Readers”. We will begin our second reading unit, “Emergent Reading- Looking Closely At Familiar Texts.” This unit focuses on delving deeper into what we learned in our first reading unit .The students will explore using character words, connecting pages together, and using character voices to bring the story alive . In writing we will continue to work on our “Show and Tell “ unit .We will focus on adding more through drawing and writing. While working on this we will also talk about being brave spellers and we will start to work with partners to add more to our pictures and our words . In Phonics – We will review all previously taught letter and sounds and focus on the letter “ b” and “ u”. We will also begin doing shared reading and read aloud this week. Social Studies In Social Studies we will be working on our summative project for our first IB unit . The students will write sentences about the community building that they chose. They will share their community building and present this on Friday . As always if you have any question please feel free to email me . Hello Parents ,
I hope that all of you have had a great week. Below you will find reminders for next week . We will start phase 4 next week , so that is the biggest change for next week , we will still be doing asynchronous lessons on Wednesday . Please see below for changes for lunch and recess as well. Reminders for next week: Lunch- Please send in a lunch for your child with items that are easy for them to open , if they want to buy lunch that is fine as well. Monday and Tuesday we will eat lunch in the Cafeteria Thursday and Friday - We will eat in the classroom and for students who want to buy lunch we will pick it up before lunch starts . Recess- We will be in different zones of the school so that the kids are able to social distance . Monday – Zone A-We will be on the upper field Tuesday- Zone A Play ground Thursday – Zone b Play Pad by the Garden Friday- Zone Upper Field Curriculum night has been rescheduled for October 7,2020 at 6:30. Water Bottle- Please send in a water bottle with your child’s name on it . Snack- Please send in a snack with your child for the days that they will be coming Extra Mask- if needed Change of clothes – Just keep some in their bookbag for a “ just in case “ . A peak into next week- Logging into classlink : Please have your child practice logging into classlink on their own . Each day that they have come in to school, we have been practicing it this past week . This will help your child be more independent and also help them to become familiar with the technology that they will be using in the classroom. In math we will continue our counting and numbers math unit. We will review our counting strategies- touch and count, move and count, line up and count, count out loud, count on, and re-count. We will discuss what happens when students need to count items that we can’t move and are on a piece of paper for instance- we can cross off each picture on our paper as we are counting to help us keep track. We will also work on counting forward from a number. When counting on, we will work on putting a number “in our pocket” and then counting on. For example if I ask students to count on from the number 12, they will put 12 silently “in their pocket” and count 13, 14, 15, etc. At home, please make sure students are practicing counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s every night, to 120 when they have mastered counting to 100, and practicing writing their numbers 0-20. (Fun ways of writing numbers can be with chalk outside, in sand or shaving cream, on a whiteboard, etc.) In reading, we will finish up our first unit of study. Students will continue reading fiction (old favorite storybooks) books from their book bins independently and they will learn how to read with a partner .We will focus on how “Readers Learn From Books, Too” and “We are Storybook Readers.” (Please see below). Our minilessons will be about how we talk more and more like the characters, look at the pictures and words, etc. In Phonics- We will be working on the letter p and the digraph ch. In Writing – We will continue to work on labeling pictures and adding details to our pictures . In Social Studies -We will be wrapping up our final unit and your child will be working on a community helper project .Please see the attached letter . Hi Parents ,
Let me begin by saying what a joy this week has been . I was able to see all of my students , and work with them in person and that meant the world to me . Normally I start my email with changes…. This time there will not be any changes except for Wednesday. You received and email from Mrs. Nash in regards to Asynchronous Wednesdays and this will start next week September 30th. We will still meet for whole group math and reading . I will also still be conducting small group via FTF. Some reminders for next week : Please send in a water bottle and a snack for your child . I suggest sending in a lunch until they become more familiar/comfortable in school . Having something from home always makes them feel better 😊 A peak into next week : In Math- We will start our new unit which mainly focuses on - counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s and writing numbers to 20. We will also be working on sorting, counting, and ordering different groups. Students can sort items by color, shape, or size, count how many items are in each group, and put the groups in order from least to greatest or greatest to least. At home, please make sure students are practicing counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s every night and practicing writing their numbers 0-20. (Fun ways of writing numbers can be with chalk outside, in sand or shaving cream, on a whiteboard, etc.) When students have mastered this, you can practice skip counting by 2, 3, 4, etc. and discuss odd and even numbers. In Reading –We will meet each day expect for Wednesday at 11:15 I have already started assessing your child’s reading levels this week and if I did not get to them this week they will be tested next week. This will help guide my instruction and give your child books that are just right for them. We will be practicing the strategies “stretchy snake” and “owl eyes”. Students will begin reading/looking at nonfiction (learn about the world) books from their book bins. We will begin by finding environmental print around the school and discussing that we can read the world. We will continue with starting at the cover of the book and making predictions and asking questions about what we are reading and continue reading independently. We will also learn how to read with a partner (socially distanced that is) In Phonics- We will review each letter sound that we have done so far and we will begin to work on J and K. In Social Studies- We will continue our “Who we are unit “ for community helpers and we will be working on good choices while in the hallway , classroom, lunchroom, and restroom. Materials Needed for Specials: Pencils, erasers, crayons, color pencils, markers Have a great weekend!!! |