Thank you to all who came to Open House. It was nice to have time to get to know each of you a little bit more.
If you were unable to make it to Open House or forgot to sign up for a conference day, please see me at arrival/dismissal to sign up for a date and time. I will have a clipboard with the sign-up sheet with me, until we get everyone a conference time.
Upcoming Events
9/22 Scholastic Book Order DUE!!!
9/29 Field Trip to Plymouth Orchard (Permission slip coming home Monday)
Agenda for the Week
Letters: This week we focused on the letters Aa and Zz. We talked about the sounds they make, brainstormed things that begin with each letter, and spent time practicing the proper formation of each letter. These letters will show up on next week’s homework for a handwriting review.
Reading: This week we learned more about the concepts of print. We talked more about the parts of the book, front cover, back cover, spine, what the spine of the book does, title, author, illustrator, characters, title page, etc. We began learning about text-to-self and text-to-world connections through our read aloud stories this week. We practiced using our “reading finger” by sliding it under each word that we read together in our paper books.
Math: We focused on representing quantities with dots inside a ten frame. We will use ten frames all year, so it is important for the children to begin using them now. We learned how to properly form the numbers 1, 2, and 3. The children also learned our procedures for math workshop and our number talks. Number talks help us talk about numbers and become better at mental math. Number talks take place for 5 – 10 minutes each day. Ask your child to show you what hand gesture they do when they get an answer, what hand gesture they use when they have the same answer as someone else (we say, “me too”), and the most important thing during number talk is giving our friends “time to think.”
Social Studies: We continued to talk about being a good citizen and friend. We reviewed our rules and talked about ways we can help others to follow the rules. We have been using our read aloud stories to discuss what it means to be a good friend and student. The children are working hard at following the rules and procedures in class, and trying to make good choices.
We also talked about fire safety this week. Today was our first fire drill. All the children did a good job getting in line and out the door quickly.
Science: We discussed what germs are and how to stay healthy in class. We talked about washing our hands and sneezing/coughing into our elbow. The children watched a short video and song about germs. After watching the video, they all wanted to go wash their hands!
Housekeeping Items:
Many of the children are confusing their snack with their lunch items. Please help your child understand what you have packed for their snack and where to find it (whether it is in their lunch box or their backpack).
As a reminder, please do not send juice to school as part of their snack.
Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before.
