IMPORTANT DATES:
•September 5-11~ Book Fair
REMINDERS:
Please help your child remember to wear sneakers on our PE days, Mondays & Wednesdays. Please remember to send a small, healthy snack that can be quickly and independently eaten in the afternoons. Sometimes we will continue to work through snack time, so it’s important that you send something that can be eaten neatly. Thank you for using your child’s red Take Home Folder for all communication to and from school. Please initial in each calendar box daily, so I know you’ve seen it. And finally, thank you for remembering to send all money to school in an envelope, clearly labeled with your child’s name, my name, and what the money is for. Thanks!
LIBRARY: Our class will now be going to the school library on MONDAYS. The children are allowed to check out TWO books this year! We will encourage them to choose one to read to or with you, and one that can be read to them.
PTO news: Thanks to all of you who have joined our PTO! We are already collecting Box Tops, Coke lids and codes from boxes, Campbell Soup labels for Education, and can tabs! Thanks for sending these items in.
Homework:
1.This week, please look over the following “kindergarten” high frequency words. If your child can easily recognize them for reading, go ahead and begin practicing the spelling of these words. Our main goal now is for the children to be able to read them at first sight; spelling will come later. and, can, come, down, for, go, help, is, it, little I will assess the children on reading (or spelling) these words towards the end of the week.
2.READING: Please read with your child for 15 minutes, with a timer. A new book baggie was sent home today with a letter explaining our home reading program!
3.Math homework will go home on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation with homework! Together, we can work together to help your child reach his or her fullest potential!
Language Arts: We will continue to work on letter sounds, letter identification & formation. We are working on beginning and ending sounds of words, writing sentences with spacing between words, and including periods at the end of sentences. We are focusing on using our fingers to point to the words as we read, using the pictures for clues, and “getting our mouths ready” as we face unknown words. We are reading stories (fiction) and reading for information (non-fiction).
Math: We’re working on number recognition, formation, and identification. We’re comparing numbers using the terms “greater than & less than” on a number line and number chart. We’re reviewing calendar skills, graphing, and counting pennies. We’re learning how to use a thermometer to measure the temperature.
Social Studies: We will be learning about our community and neighborhood.
