WRITING
In writer’s workshop we will continue our Lucy Calkins narrative unit of study. We will talk about the importance of not getting discouraged if something is too hard to draw or write, and if we have trouble adding details to our words and pictures we can close our eyes to imagine what it looks like. This week we will review “When you are done, you have just begun.” Students can add to their pictures, add to their writing, look over their writing with a partner, or start a new piece. We will also continue to practice stretching out words using our strategy "Stretchy Snake" if students aren’t sure how to spell a word and add labels to our pictures. What can do at home?? Have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper. Have them draw pictures with details and label their pictures, as well. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. During reading, I will continue observing students’ reading behaviors and students will continue reading/looking at nonfiction (teach about the world) books from their book bins independently and with a partner. We have been calling this "Private Read" and "Partner Read" time. We will focus on how “Readers Read With A Partner.” What can you do at home?? Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about.
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We made it through week 3 :)
Your kids have been doing an amazing job this week and we have been learning so much . Here are the reminders for next week and below that are updates for the what we will be learning next week . Mystery Reader –Meredith Foushee- 9/1/17- Please let me know what book/activity you would like to do . Snack Parent for this coming week : Week of August 28th Karen and Richard Fowler College Pride Day- Have your child sport your fave college colors or jersey Fall Picture Day August 30th Curriculum Night Curriculum night is this coming Thursday 8/31/17- Please make sure to attend to hear an overview of what your child will be learning for the year . Fall Conferences October 6th 2017 A dive into what we will be learning next week.... Math The standards for our unit are as follows: MGSEK.CC.1. Count to 100 by ones and by tens. 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). Count to tell the number of objects. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. MGSEK.CC.5 Count to answer ‘how many?” questions. Keep practicing those numbers! Can you? -Count to 100 -Write your numbers 1-20 and even 1-30 -Count on from a given number (i.e count on from 5- student says "6, 7, 8..." -Identify a number on the hundreds chart -Touch count objects See below for some great songs to practice counting! Teens and groups of tens www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedvwH6Ay18 Counting By 10's www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSdKlNvrmw We have had a great second week of school . Our class has done so well at following classroom rules and procedures. This week I sent home Weekly Progress reports to let you know how your child is doing . Please make sure to return it each Friday . Next week is the Solar Eclipse I received everyone's permission slips . We are so excited to make this a fun learning experience. If you are a volunteer that day please come to the school by 1:30 that day so that we may assign you to the kiddos you will be keeping an eye on. Library - We went to the library today and your child was able to check out a book . Please have your child turn in the book after about a week . We will go to the library to checkout a book every other week . Your child is always welcome to check out a new one before we go to our designated check out day . It is always good to have your child use the two reading strategies that we have been discussing this week, " Owl eyes" ( use the pictures for clues) and " stretchy snake"( stretch out the word ). Reminders for next week : Snack : Meredith Foushee Mystery Reader : Avery's Mom Mystery Reader- Mystery reader starts August 25th - Avery Geer's mom is mystery reader . Please bring a book of your choice , maybe something to do with community helpers since we are beginning to learn about them . You may bring an activity for the kids to do or bring is a special treat . Please plan on bringing materials for the activity that you choose . Here are some fun pictures we took for Spirit day today .We had 100% participation from the kiddos , which was awesome .
Hello Wonderful Parents ,
What a wonderful first week of school . Your children have learned a lot about classroom procedures, as well as school rules and procedures . We also worked on lots of different counting activities this week. We practiced all the safety drills ( fire drill and tornado drill)so please discuss those with your child and see if they remember what they are supposed to do . Today we talked about student of the week . Each week I will select one student of the week and they will be able to do special things such as bring in a fave family picture and share that memory , bring in a "show and tell" ,and lastly bring in game for the class to play . I will place a congratulatory sheet in your child's blue folder if they were selected for that week . Today I sent it in the yellow folder , but for future reference it will be in Thursday folders . Below are some reminders for next week as well as some general information.. We have almost earned all of our bubbles for the letter "S" so I will let you know when we do so that we can schedule our pajama day. Writing :We will begin working on narrative writing pieces next week , Phonics - we will work on letters/letter sounds randomly and practice writing them . Math- We will be assessing your child on writing numbers 1-20 , counting objects up to 20, and other various counting skills. Reading- we will be doing a lot of observations and allow your child to explore books in the classroom . Please fill out the reading inventory sheet with your child so that they can share their reading interest next week . I have placed that in their yellow folders . Parent responsible for snack next week : Sarah Bristow -- You may send in snack daily or send in snack for the entire week on Monday . Family Picture - Please send this in on Monday if you have not already done so. Room Mom Selection - I am waiting to hear from the Eagle Alliance so once they let me know who it is , I will let you all know . Photo Release forms - If you have not turned these forms in please do so as soon as possible . Here are some fun pictures of the today and I will be uploading more periodically .. |
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