Week 5 - October 5, 2018

Family Picture

If you haven't already, please send in a family photo (no larger than 5X7) so that we can discuss our families!  These photos will be returned to you at the end of the year.

Curriculum

Reading:
We have learned all of our Daily 5 Stations so far.  Now the students are learning to use Seesaw as a part of our Daily 5 routine.  We made our first post today!  We will continue this learning next week.

Book Baggies:
Many students forgot their book baggies today.  Please help them remember them next week Friday.  I would like them to have an opportunity to read different books.

Writing:
We finished our book about our family this week.  Students learned to go through the writing process to complete this book.  They also learned about using mentor texts to help us as authors and how to organize their writing in this unit.  Next week, we will begin working on personal narratives.  We will begin by generating ideas and planning.  You can help at home by discussing different story ideas.    

Math:
In math this week, we have been learning to add numbers within 10.  Students are trying to build fluency with these numbers.  We will continue to work on these facts into next week but focus more on subtraction within 10.    

IXL Skills - Use these activities as you wish to help your child with the skills we will be working on throughout this first trimester.

Science/Social Studies:
This week, the students explored air and wind.  We've used bubbles, read books and observed to learn how air takes up space and how wind moves.  The students are beginning to learn how we, as meteorologists, can use information about wind and air to make predictions about the weather.  We will continue to explore these ideas next week.  We will be making a class anemometer and wind vane to observe these weather patterns.

Purposeful Play
Please see the Purposeful Play tab on the blog to learn more about our weekly Play Time and donation items we could use for it!

Homework

• Read every night
• Work on a math skill (i.e. counting forwards and backwards within 120, adding and subtracting to 20 - play a board game for this, telling time, counting coins, measuring - length and volume -  have your child cook with you to practice this, talk about shapes - 2D and 3D - find items around your house, etc.) 

Specials Schedule

Monday: P.E. (Wear tennis shoes)
Tuesday: Art (Bring an Art shirt labeled with your child's name)
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Media/Library
Friday: Rotates (See the back of your child's OWL folder (everyday folder) for a schedule.)

Important Dates

October 10: Walk to School Day
October 19: Color Run
October 26: Trunk or Treat (5pm)