This Week's Happenings

9/25/17

Monday: Day 9 > Computers
Tuesday: Day 10 > Art Class
Wednesday: Day 1 > Keyboarding
Thursday: Day 2 > Phys. Ed.
Friday: Day 3 > Music Class

In Language Arts, we have started pre-assessing spelling short vowel sound words. We also were introduced to new vocabulary words and will continue to add to our vocabulary notebooks this week. The vocabulary notebooks will come home on Tuesday. I am asking that you listen to your son/daughter read these words. Please put this notebook in your child’s book bag when finished. It will continue to be sent home daily from this point on and I will inform you when new words are added.

Our Daily 5 groups will begin this week. All of our hard work building the stamina needed to make this a success will soon start to pay off.

The Addition assessments were terrific! I was very proud of the whole class. Way to go family support. You did a great job getting them ready and prepared for our very first math test.

Understanding Subtraction is beginning this week. Look for the pages in the take-home folders. Review any errors and concepts to keep your child on track. We will be looking for missing parts of 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Homework is to read any book your child is interested in and then add it to your reading log.

Please sign and date the page on the back of the Friday Folder, thank you!

I hope you have a lovely week!

Monday (10/2) will be Day 4 > Computer Class

ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, WEAR A BLUE SHIRT
TO SUPPORT BULLYING PREVENTION AND
YOU GET TO DRESS DOWN THAT DAY FOR FREE!

This Week's Happenings

9/18/17

Monday: Day 4 > Computers
Tuesday: Day 5 > Art Class
Wednesday: Day 6 > Library
Thursday: Day 7 > Phys. Ed.
Friday: Day 8 > Music Class


In Language Arts, we will continue with our reading strategies to become better readers. As you are reading with your child, ask him/her about what he/she has learned and how to use these strategies. In the Friday Folders you will find a Reading Strategies information sheet, keep these handy to use while you are reading. 

This is our last week to build our stamina. Next week we will begin our Daily 5 groups. These groups consist of Reading to Ourselves, Listening to Reading, Computers, Writing and Word Work. Your child will be able to explain these but if you have any questions please just ask me.

We will have one more lesson in Topic 1 on Monday. On Tuesday look for the Reteaching page in the Take Home Folder to review for our first Math test. Wednesday we will assess all the skills we learned in Topic 1.

The new Topic in math will be introduced on Thursday. Understanding subtraction is the title and we will begin lesson 1 next week.

Homework is to read any material with your child, at least once a day and then add it to your reading log.

Please sign and date the page on the back of the Friday Folder, thank you!

I hope you have a delightful week!

Monday (9/25) will be Day 9 > Computer Class

Book orders were due today but I will wait until tomorrow to send it in, in case someone forgot.

This Week's Happenings

9/11/17

Monday: Day 10 > Art Class
Tuesday: Day 1 > Keyboarding
Wednesday: No Day >>>> 2 Hour Data Delay
Thursday: Day 2 > Phys. Ed.
Friday: Day 3 > Music Class

In Language Arts, we will continue with our reading strategies to become better readers. As you are reading with your child, ask him/her about what he/she has learned and how to use these strategies.

We are still building our stamina in order to have the muscle to do group work. Our Read to Self/Read to Someone stamina will be up to 10 minutes. The Writing stamina time will be 16 minutes by the end of this week.

The children have now been introduced to the Listening Center. By the end of the week we will learn another of our groups. We are really getting close to try group work. Hopefully if all goes well by the end of next week we can begin!

For Math, we will be finding new ways to think about addition. The lessons are ways to make 8 and 9, joining numbers and adding in any order. Please discuss the topic and examine any errors on the pages that come home in the Take-Home Folder. We did not get as much accomplished last week as I had hoped. We had many changes to our schedule and math suffered for it. 

Tuesday is Picture Day. Don't forget your PSP envelopes.

Homework is to read any material with your child, at least once a day and then add it to your reading log.

Please sign and date the page on the back of the Friday Folder, thank you!

I hope you have a lovely week!

Monday (9/18) will be Day 4 > Computer Class

Book orders are due on Monday, September 18!

This Week's Happenings

9/5/17

Monday: (No Day) LABOR DAY – No School
Tuesday: Day 6 > Library Class
Wednesday: Day 7 > Phys. Ed.
Thursday: Day 8 > Music Class
Friday: Day 9 > Computer Class


In Language Arts, we have added to our reading strategies… The new strategies for this week will be Cross Checking for Accuracy. When we come upon a word that we are not sure of, after we attempt to sound it out, we ask ourselves, (1) Does is look right? (2) Does it sound right? (3) Does it make sense? Another strategy is Tune Into Interesting Words to Expand our Vocabulary. This is exactly what it sounds like, find and read interesting words.

We will be building our stamina for group work. By the end of the week we will be up to reading 6 minutes with a partner or to ourselves. Building our writing stamina will be up to 12 minutes.

For Math, we will be finding new ways to think about addition. The lessons are ways to make 6, 7, 8 and 9. Please discuss the topic and examine any errors on the pages that come home in the Take-Home Folder.

Homework is to read any material with your child, at least once a day.

I hope you have a delightful week!

Monday will be Day 10>Art Class