Friday Note 9-9

FRIDAY NOTE (9/09/2016)

Math: In math, we learned about positional words (inside, outside, above, below, behind, left, and right).

Language Workshop: This week we read The Pledge of Allegiance, learned what it meant, and learned about our flag. We also talked about our school pledge and learned about respect.

Reading Workshop:  We finished going over all rules and routines for literacy centers this week.  Next week we will begin literacy centers as a class.  Students will be actively engaged in smartboard center, writing center, art center, big book center, iPad center, reading center, bucket center, and games center while I am meeting with small groups on specific skills.  I am looking forward to this and I think the kids are too!  

Writing Workshop: This week we practiced correctly forming letters Tt and Gg.  Each day we write a daily message.  As a class we look for sight words, and the letters we are learning that week in the message. We have also introduced spacing, capital letters, and punctuation.   

Word Study: Our sight word for this week was “the”.  Students were able to engage in various Smartboard games to reinforce recognition and the sound the letters Tt and Gg make.

Sight Words

I   is   a   the

Important Dates:

• Sept. 9- Book Orders Due
• Sept. 9-Grandparents Day 2:30-4:00 *Classrooms will be open during that time as students will be asked to escort their grandparents through the building.  Weather permitting; visitors may park in the open field west of the school as parking around the building may become limited.  Visitors should enter using the K-4 office entrance or the 5-8 office entrance.  I look forward to seeing you there.
• Sept. 16- No School-Teacher Professional Development Day    

Reading Journey

 Remember to be working on the reading journey for this quarter!  You can help your child meet their reading goal by reading daily with them.  Feel free to email me pictures and we will share them during calendar time.  Thank you!

Important Information and Reminders:

• We are working on reciting our phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays.   Please practice with your child at home on these.  
• Please make sure your child eats a well-balanced breakfast to ensure that they do not become hungry before lunch time.  If your child will be eating breakfast at school, please have them here by 7:50 a.m.

Next Week:

o   We will start a unit about color words.

o   In math we will finish the unit on positional words and start measurement.

o   We will learn about the letters “Nn” and “Pp”.

o   Our sight word will be “my”.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Mrs. Vaughn