Reminders:

• There is a Reading Game in your child’s blue folder on the “Return to School” side. If your child completes this over break, they will receive a reward when they return.

What We’re Learning This Week:

Math-This week we will wrap up our unit on Subtraction to 10.  Please send a picture to me of your child practicing his/her flashcards, if you haven’t already. He/she will earn (2) tickets!! Please practice these with your child every night! THANK YOU!!

Reading-We will compare the features of Fiction and Non-fiction books.

Writing-Students will write about a small moment from their fall break.

Phonics-We will be learning about the words in the -UM (drum) and -UN (i.e. spun) families. We will have a spelling test on Friday.

Science- We will start our unit on Weather, perfect timing for the change of seasons upon us! Students will be learning about the different forms of precipitation.

S.T.E.A.M. Our class had a great time creating a magnetic device that could attract a dog’s collar out of a drain. All students were successful in this mission. All videos have been uploaded to Seesaw, so if you haven’t watched them yet, be sure to check them out!

Have a fantastic week!

Reminders:

• Homework folders will be sent home Monday. Please return this Friday! Everyone handed in their homework this week! Awesome job!!
• Please write in your child’s Family Journal and return it on Monday.
• We will be going to the ILC this Tuesday. Please send in all library books!
• Cobb County September Break is next week: September 24th-28th!

What We’re Learning This Week:

Math-We will start our unit on Subtraction. Students will be subtracting numbers within 10, i.e. 10-7=3, 8-2=6. We will be learning how to count backwards, use a number line, use pictures/manipulatives, as well as counting on. Please send a picture to me of your child practicing his/her flashcards. He/she will earn (2) tickets!! Please practice these with your child every night! THANK YOU!!

Reading-We will continue asking questions while we read. Students are learning how this strategy actually improves reading comprehension.  We are working on the questions: Who? What? When? and Why? and How? before, during and after reading. We will also start answering comprehension questions after we read.

Writing-We will use our picture pages to write a narrative this week. We will be focusing this week on editing our stories for capitalization and punctuation.

Phonics-We will be learning about the words in the -OB (blob) and -OG (i.e. clog) families. We will have a spelling test on Friday. All students do SO well on our first one! Words to study will be in the red homework folders.

Science- We will be going to the ILC on Tuesday to create an activity on magnets which will be uploaded to Seesaw. We will also be finishing our Magnet S.T.E.A.M. activity. Pictures of our final projects will also be uploaded to Seesaw, so please let me know if you are needing help with creating your login.

S.T.E.A.M. We will be finishing our S.T.E.A.M.  activity involving magnets.

Have a fantastic week!

Reminders:

• If you haven’t yet, please fill the GREEN SHEET sent home with photos of your child’s special moments and send it in. This will be used to help them with writing ideas for their stories (narratives) this year.
• Homework folders will start this week! Their Red Homework Folders will be sent home on Monday. Please return all folders with completed work Every Friday!
• Please write in your child’s Family Journal and return it on Monday.
• Your children all did a wonderful job with testing! We had popsicles at the new picnic area on the playground to celebrate!

What We’re Learning This Week:

Math-We will be wrapping up our unit on Place Value and expanded form. There will be an assessment on Friday.

Reading-This week we will be learning that good readers ask questions when they read.  We will practice asking our Who? What? When? and Why? questions before, during and after reading. We will also review the story elements when reading.

Writing-We will continue adding details to our stories to help bring our characters to life for our readers by describing what they say and what they do. Please send in your child’s pictures if you haven’t already! Thank you!

Phonics-We will be learning about the words in the -ICK  (i.e. brick) and -IP (i.e. slip) families. Our first Spelling Test will be this Friday! Words to study will be in the red homework folders.

Science- Last week we went to the ILC and did research on Magnets. Our class did an awesome job taking notes from Pebble Go. This week we will be wrapping up our unit on Magnets and will continue to focus upon the vocabulary words: attract, repel, force, and poles. We will have an assessment this Friday.

S.T.E.A.M. We will be doing a S.T.E.A.M.  activity involving magnets.

Have a fantastic week!