Apples, apples, what a treat,
sweet and tart and good to eat.
Apples green and apples red,
hang from branches overhead,
and when they ripen,
down they drop,
so we can taste our apple crop!
sweet and tart and good to eat.
Apples green and apples red,
hang from branches overhead,
and when they ripen,
down they drop,
so we can taste our apple crop!
*Please send an apple with your child by Thursday. We are going to enjoy them outside while we learn a few facts! We will also get to know all about Johnny Appleseed.
READING
Our whole group reading focuses on the letter "a" as in "ant" and "apple." The word wall words for this week are am, new, out, walk, and put. On Friday, students will recall all word wall words up to this week for a reading daily grade. Also, please note the homework reading stories that have been added to your child's take home folder. These need to be read each night to help prepare them for the unit assessment.
LANGUAGE
We will continue to work on language rules 1 and 2. Please refer to the list in your child's take home folder. This week the children will learn rule 3: The word I is always capitalized. A daily grade will be taken Friday.
MATH
We started Ch 5 today, Addition Strategies. The children will learn how to add using a number line. Look for a review sheet to come home the night before the test. This does not have to be returned; it is simply to help prepare your child for the test.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES
We are learning lots of fun facts about ants and apples during our Reading time.
HELPFUL REMINDERS:
If your child is absent please call the office at 244-0078 to let our secretary know or send me a quick e-mail. We have a new absentee policy and teachers are required to call and document each absence. This helps me out tremendously as my time during the day is very limited. Thanks so much for your help.
Nancy's Italian Ice will be back on Monday, September 26th. If you would like for your child to purchase a YUMMY little owl, please make sure to send $1 with them.
Thanks for all our wonderful Scholastic Book Orders and being so patient as the online orders got a little confusing. We should not have any future problems with this. I can already tell I have a class full of eager little readers. What a JOY!!! We were also able to get lots of new books for our classroom library. They should arrive within two weeks.
Today you received a Connect to Renaissance at Home letter explaining how you can create an account that will allow you to check your child's progress with AR tests and Math Facts In A Flash. If you have any questions, please let me know and I will do my best to answer them.
On tomorrow, I will send home a STAR report that will give you an idea of where your child is mathematically. It is very similiar to the STAR reading test.
On Thursday, progress reports will be sent home to let you know how your child is doing academically up to this point. Please keep in mind that if you are not satisfied with their grade or know they are capable of doing better, we still have four more weeks to go. I am so very PROUD of how hard they have worked and how much PRIDE they take in completing their assignments.
My apologies for updating late Monday night, but my little one takes up soooo much of my time on the weekend and by Sunday night I am exhausted!
