Important Dates . . .
September 30 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 12 -- Columbus Day -- No School
October 21 -- Early Dismissal
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
Please check home folders each night for papers and notes. Signing the assignment notebook upon your child completing all homework would be greatly appreciated.
Language Arts
We are wrapped up the Level I unit on sentences. We will advance our knowledge in this area with Levels II and III. Students build their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are continuing with brief assessments of each child's skills. It's nice to see each child's individual strengths in the area of reading! We are working on phonics and sight word reading skills daily. This week they will work independently on sorting information into categories to find the main idea. Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, September 30th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Surround words - Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors.
Social Studies
The children will learn the meaning of the word capital. They will also learn that they live in a state and a country and that both places have capitals. We will also continue working on directions on a compass rose. They learned the phrase Never Eat Soggy Waffles to remember North, South, East, & West. Working on directions (right & left too!) as you are traveling throughout the community will better help them apply their knowledge into everyday situations.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on Make a Ten strategy. Then we will work on basic addition facts for a couple of lessons. The children are using various techniques to achieve the sum; whether it be a numberline, touchpoints, manipulatives, or memory.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math - practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition facts with a sum of 10
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
