The week of August 27-31!

Happy Monday!  Today we had our first fire drill!  We had practiced last week and the kids did pretty well today!  We leave out the front door and head to the top of the hill in the back.  I have a lot of quiet voices in our class, so I'm teaching them how to say my name loudly when I call their name. :)

Homework!  For the first time assigning homework, I had over half the class return it today! Please return it asap when it is completed!  Thank you!
 A couple of things:  
1.  Please make sure your child writes their name on the front of their packet or homework.  
2.  Please make sure he/she only writes with a pencil, as we only write letters and numbers with a pencil at school so we can erase if we need to.  
3.  Please read the directions to your child so they understand what they are doing.  
4.  Please look over their work to make sure they did it correctly and understood what they were doing.  
5.  Please look for the due date at the top and teach your child to return it on time to get in the habit.  
6.  Most packets will come home at the end of the week, so make sure to look in the folder for the packet.
7.  Thank you for helping your child at home!  We are going to get them a long ways this year working together!  :):)

Homework this week!  I have another number writing packet coming home this Wednesday.  It is writing 4, 5, 6.  It will be due this Friday, 8/31.  Please have it back by then, as a Topic 1 review is going home on Friday, due on Tues. 9/4.  This will give you an idea of what the math test will be like.


This week in reading!
I am introducing Ff, Hard and soft Gg, Hh, Ii, and Jj.  You can help at home too!  Find the ABC sounds and actions in the Parent Info. Packet to review each night with your child!  

Sight words:  You received the 50 sight word cards at PIN last Thursday.  Please cut them a part and put them in a group by quarter.  Go ahead and work on the ones we are working on at school.  If your child knows them well, then move on.  

This week's sight words are:  *like, yellow.  "Like" is not one of the required 50 words, but there are nine bonus words that we think are important to know, and like is one of them.  I will italicize any that are not required.  

Math--  This week we are counting and writing 4 and 5.  We will have our first Topic 1 test next week.  There are 16 topics in our Envision math program.  Please look over your child's math sheets to enhance counting and writing at home!

We are writing numbers often with our dry erase boards.  
Our color of the week is:  yellow.  If your child would like to show you the color videos, look up--yellow song from Frog Street Press and you should find them!

I am attaching the color snack list so you can see what color is coming up and who signed up for the snack.  We will always wear the color of the week on Thursdays!

First Day of School!

Red Day!

Coming up!
Aug. 28       Practice books come home from the library!
Aug. 30     Wear yellow today!
Aug 31       All School Picture!
Sept. 3       Labor Day!  No School

Sept. 6       Wear blue today!    Apple Day Planning meeting at 4:15 in Maker Space
Sept. 13     Wear Green today!
Sept. 20     Wear Purple today!
Sept. 26     P/T conferences 4:30-8:00
Sept. 27     P/T conf. 10:00-8:00
Sept. 28     No School