Curriculum
This week, we have been launching our reading workshop. Students are building stamina with read to self time and we are learning about our classroom library and how to pick good books for us. Next week, we will continue to launch our reading workshop by learning about our listen to reading station and other parts of our reading workshop.
Book Baggies:
We will be starting book baggies soon. If you are interested in helping us to put our book library together, we would love volunteers. Please let me know if you are interested.
Writing:
As writers we learned about what a personal narrative is. In addition, we've been generating story ideas and learned about watermelon vs. seed stories.
Next week, we will learn more about organizing a personal narrative and then begin writing.
Math:
In math, we've been learning about some tools we can use to help us when we count up and back. We've learned about a number path, hundreds chart and backwards hundreds chart. Next week, we will wrap up unit 1 with some number story practice and then take our unit 1 assessment.
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:
In science, the students have been challenged by a meteorologist to learn about ways to predict the weather. This week we observed the air outside and saw how air can make things move (wind) and we learned about different types of clouds and how they might help us predict the weather.
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 2: Picture Day
October 9: Walk to School Day
October 18: Color Fun Run
October 25: Trunk or Treat (5pm)
November 5: No School - Election Day
November 12: Conferences
November 13: Picture Retakes
November 15: Bagels with Buddies (8:15 AM-8:45 AM)
October 9: Walk to School Day
October 18: Color Fun Run
October 25: Trunk or Treat (5pm)
November 5: No School - Election Day
November 12: Conferences
November 13: Picture Retakes
November 15: Bagels with Buddies (8:15 AM-8:45 AM)
