Wow, today was packed with fun!
Upcoming dates and reminders:
Oct 15 is a half day! Pick up will be at 11:30 am. We will NOT be serving lunch. Please still provide a water bottle and snack that day.
Oct 16th and 19th there is NO SCHOOL
Oct 29: Picture Day!
Oct 30: Dress up like your Favorite Book Character Day! SEE PIC BELOW! I have a form for you to fill out, I am sending it home in your student's purple folder and I also attached it to the email. Please fill this out and return by Oct 23rd. **Need something to engage your student at home? Have them write their own story with their own characters!
Purple folders: Be sure to empty your student's folder each time it comes home. It comes home mostly on Fridays. Check for notes and feedback from me! I will also include a rapid word chart to help support students at home with heart words.
Reading Street Book: A Reading Street text book is coming home in your student's backpack. We are in the process of phasing this curriculum out as a school. Instead of trashing these awesome books I thought you could keep them for a reading resource at home. If you choose not to keep it that is up to you but please do not send it back. It has a collection of stories and activities that the students have been reading in their free time since our classroom library is closed. At school, students will move to the next text book in the collection for next quarter. I am hoping to send a book home at the end of every quarter.
Next week:
Phonics: Next week we are going to continue to explore our vowels and we will be introducing digraphs ch and wh. Remember that a digraph are two letters that make one sound.
New Heart words: one, had, by, but, not
Comprehension: We are going to look at problems and conflicts in our text. Problem or conflict is going to be what the character wants or needs but cannot have or cannot get. Students should look for clues in the text and pictures to help identify what the character's needs are.
Writing: We are creating a class narrative currently and after the completion of a few whole group stories students will create their own stories. This is an exciting writing unit for students. I love how each student's personality gets to shine.
Math: Since it is a short week, we will be reviewing heavily on what we have already learned this year. This will provide student time to gather some confidence in their math ability as well.
Social studies: We will continue to deepen our understanding of our community and the roles in which different citizens play.
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