• S.T.E.M. Materials still needed! Please send in any empty apple sauce, pudding, and fruit cup containers this week!! We will be building on Thursday!
• Early Release-This Wednesday, August 31st at 12:20 p.m.
• Writing Pictures Needed! Please send in pictures of your child from different moments in his/her life glued to an 8 1/2″ x 10″ paper. I will put this in a sleeve protector and I will place in his/her writing folder. This will serve as a springboard for writing ideas throughout the year.

Math-We will be learning about dimes and pennies and how they relate to place value. We will also be extending this into expanded form.

Reading– We will continue learning about reading comprehension strategies, honing in on our ability to ask questions as we read and how this can help to increase our comprehension of stories.

Phonics-We will be learning words with the s-blend. I will send these words home on Orange paper on Monday for you to review at home with your child. Your child can work on reading and spelling these words throughout the week. We will play a fun spelling game on Friday.

Writing-We will be focusing this week on capitalization, handwriting and punctuation. Please feel free to correct and reinforce at home!!

Social Studies-We will wrap up our unit on continents and will start to learn about our local address. Please look for a sheet (both sides) to come home on which your child can practice writing his/her own address throughout the week!

S.T.E.M.- We will start to build our own islands with different landforms.*** Please send in any empty apple sauce, pudding, and fruit cup containers this week!!

Reminders:

• Monday, August 21st-The Solar Eclipse-Extended Day. Students will be dismissed 45 minutes later, to allow for the eclipse.
• Wednesday, August 23rd is Picture Day! Please send in your forms!

What We Are Learning This Week:

Math-We will be wrapping up our unit on Number Sense from 1-120, as well as decomposing these numbers. There will be an assessment at the end of the week.

Reading– We  finished learning about all of the different decoding and fluency strategies: Chunky Monkey, Eagle Eye, Skippy Frog, Flippy Dolphin, Lips the Fish and Stretchy Snake. When your child is reading at home, ask him/her to use these strategies and explain them to you! We will start learning reading comprehension strategies this week, and will start with retelling our stories using a beginning, middle and an end.

Phonics-We will be learning words with the r-blend. I will send these words home on Orange paper on Monday for you to review at home with your child. Your child can work on reading and spelling these words throughout the week. We will play a fun spelling game on Friday.

Writing-We will continue writing narratives on “small moments” across the pages this week following this process: Think of an idea, Plan, Touch and Tell, Sketch, then Write.

Social Studies-We wrapped up our unit on Landforms will start learning about continents and oceans this week. Please look for our Continent Song coming home next week on purple paper. Students will get a ticket for memorizing :)!

S.T.E.M.- Students were able to improve upon their S.T.E.M. challenge from last week-a critical part of the engineering process. They were great collaborators and creative thinkers! We will start our new S.T.E.M. Challenge-building our own island with different landforms.*** Please send in any empty apple sauce, pudding, and fruit cup containers this week!!

S.T.E.M. At Work!

Our students started using the engineering process this week by brainstorming and planning with their groups before creating their products!

Reminders:

• Family Journals-PLEASE read your child’s entry every week and respond in PRINT. Thank you!!
• Please check the back of your child’s folder every day for any Wow! and Oops! card information.
• Landform Pictures: We are starting our unit on Landforms in Social Studies this week. Please send in a picture(s) you may have related to landforms: mountains, the coast, plains, plateaus, valleys,

What We Are Learning This Week:

Math-We will be continuing to work on our number sense from 1-120, as well as learning place value and decomposing numbers into tens and ones.

Reading– We will continue to work on our decoding and fluency strategies for reading, as well as selecting “just right” books. I will be wrapping up assessments this week.

Phonics-We will be learning words with the l-blend. I will send these words home on Orange paper Monday for you to review at home with your child. Your child can work on reading and spelling these words throughout the week. We will play a fun spelling game on Friday.

Writing-We will start writing narratives this week following this process: Think of an idea, Plan, Touch and Tell, Sketch, then Write.

Social Studies-We will start learning about landforms this week. As I mentioned, please send in a picture that you may have involving a landform such as a mountain, valley, plateau, coastal area and/or plain.

S.T.E.M.- Students had a great time with their S.T.E.M. challenge of the week-to work with their groups to create the longest paper chain. They had limited resources to do so. We evaluated the products and we make improvements next week. They were great collaborators and creative thinkers!

 

Reminders:

• Family Journals-We started our Family Journals today! These went home today and will go home every Friday. PLEASE read your child’s entry every week and respond in PRINT. Thank you!!
• Please check the back of your child’s folder every day for any Wow! and/or Oops! card information.
• Open House is this Thursday, August 10th. The First Session will be from 6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. The Second Session is from 7:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
• THANK YOU for all of you who sent in my “Wish List” items. I appreciate it!!

What We Are Learning This Week:

Math-We will be working on our Number Sense from 1-120. This will include being able to write, count, identify and create these numbers using manipulatives.

Reading– This week we will focus upon the 5 finger rule for selecting a book. Please see the Green sheet in their folders and keep for reference. We will also start learning about our very important Reading Strategies, see picture to the right, for decoding and accuracy. I will also begin conferencing with students this week.

Phonics-We will be reviewing all of the short vowel sounds this week before going into blends next week.

Writing-Students will be taking the ideas from their “All About Me Bag,” projects and will start writing autobiographical pieces about themselves.

Social Studies-We will continue talking all about Rule Following, Respect, and being good citizens and classmates this week. Having respect for our friends, teachers, and school is paramount in our classroom!

S.T.E.M.-We have S.T.E.M. every Thursday and it is one of my favorite times of the week! I love watching the children become creative problem solvers! We started STEM this week visualizing and illustrating what working as a team looks like. We will spend the rest of this month reinforcing the engineering process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve through creative problem solving tasks. This will build our foundation for our content related STEM activities that will begin in September.