Reminders: 

• ILC-Book Checkout Tuesday! Please send in your child’s library books!
• CogAt Testing this week: Wednesday through Friday.
• Family Journals went home today! Please remember to write a short response to your child (in print please) and send back on Tuesday.
• Homework Journals are going home Tuesday. Please send these back on Friday! There will be more information sent home in an email on Tuesday.

What We’re Learning:

Math– We will start learning Addition strategies such as using a number line, manipulatives and counting on.

Reading- We will learn about the differences between fiction and nonfiction, as well as learn about the Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index.

Writing-We  will continue adding details to our personal narratives, trying to answer the questions, Who?, Where? Why? and How?

Phonics: We will focus on the -ob and -og families.

Content- We will wrap up our unit on Goods and Services and Scarcity.

Have a wonderful week!

Reminders: 

• Early Release Day-This Wednesday, August 28th!
• Morning Run-Every Monday morning from 7:20 a.m.-7:40 a.m.. Please have your child wear sneakers every Monday.
• Family Journals went home today! Please remember to write a short response to your child (in print please) and send back on Monday.

What We’re Learning:

Math– We will wrap up our unit on place value for the numbers 11-19. Students will continue composing and decomposing numbers while recognizing the tens and ones. There will be an assessment on Friday.

Reading- This week we will identify and describe the plot of a story, including the problem and the solution.

Writing-We are continuing to write new narratives each week, while building upon our details and descriptions as we evolve as writers.

Phonics: We will focus on the -et and -an families.

Content- Goods and Services including the concept of scarcity.

Have a wonderful week!

 

Reminders: 

• Picture Day is this Thursday, August 22nd. Please send in your envelopes if you would like to purchase pictures.
• Library Books-Please send them back this Friday, the 23rd. We will be going to the ILC.
• Family Journals went home today! Please remember to write a short response to your child (in print please) and send back on Monday.
• SeeSaw-Please make sure to use the instructions found in your folder from Open House to sign up for your child’s SeeSaw account. We will start posting this week. Please email me if you need any help!

What We’re Learning:

Math– We will learn about place value for the numbers 11-19. Students will compose and decompose numbers while recognizing the tens and ones.

Reading- This week we will delve in the characters and settings of the books we read and why these story elements are important to our reading comprehension.

Writing-We “published” our very first narratives this week. As we write our new narratives this week, we will focus on adding more detail sentences to answer the questions, Who? What? Why? and How?

Phonics: We will focus on the –ap and -am families.

Content-We continue learning about the names of our continent, country, state, and city. There will be an assessment on Friday. Students did a great job memorizing their address this week.

Have a wonderful week!

 

Reminders: 

• FAST Classes start this week! Please send a note saying which classes your child will be attending on which days, as well as the Session, if that applies.
• Scholastic Book orders were sent home in each folder today. Please place all orders by next Friday, August 16th!

What We’re Learning:

Math– We will continue our unit on Number Sense to 120, and will add in odd and even numbers.

Reading- This week we will learn about “Reading Buddies,” which are strategies which will help with decoding. We will also continue to work on short vowel words.

Writing-Students will start writing about their very own “Small Moment” narratives.

Phonics: We will continue reviewing the short vowel and consonant sounds in words.

Content-We will learn about our address, including our continent, country, state and city.

Have a wonderful week!

Reminders: 

• Open House is this Tuesday evening, August 6th. The 1st session starts at 6:30 p.m. and the 2nd session starts at 7:30 p.m. I hope to see you all here!
• A big Thank You to everyone who sent in our “Wish List” supplies. I appreciate everything very much!

What We’re Learning:

Math– We will start our unit on Number Sense to 120. 

Reading- We will start building our Readers’ Workshop routines. We will also review our reading strategies and I will start introducing the story elements: characters, problem and solution. I will also assess students on sight words and reading levels.  

Writing-We will start building our Writers’ Workshop routines. We will also kick off our Narrative Writing Unit. Students will get a chance to write about many of the special small moments in their lives throughout this unit.

Phonics: We will start reviewing the short vowel and consonant sounds in words.

Content-We will be reading all of my favorite books that teach about kindness and respect to start our year off right!

Have a wonderful week!