Important Dates . . .
September 7 -- Labor Day -- No School
September 22 -- Early Dismissal
Your children are doing a great job adjusting to the routine of their new grade. Please help
them remember to bring their binder and assignment notebook to school every day. Parents
should be checking home folders each night for papers and notes.
Language Arts
We have begun our Language Arts curriculum focusing on each individual child. They have created acrostic poems and written about themselves with guidance. Also, we have focused on handwriting. The students will continue to work in this area for quite sometime. Next week we will begin grammar instruction.
Reading
I will continue assessing each child's skills for proper instruction. I look forward to seeing each child's individual strengths in the area of reading! We will continue sorting information into categories to find the main idea. Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program!!!
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.
Social Studies
Our first lesson will be Living in a Neighborhood. We will identify ways people work together in the classroom and community by obeying rules and laws, and how rules and laws can be changed.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We began by a few days of pre-assessment in a variety of areas. Then, we began working on addition strategies that focus on counting on and using doubles to add sums to 18. We are working on the following addition strategies: counting on, using doubles, using doubles plus 1, and making 10 to find sums. Students 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
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math - practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition & subtraction math facts
*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.
