Reading this week!
This week we are continuing with reading more books about school! I have been focusing a lot on using kind words and kind faces with our friends.
Letters: We will finish introducing all of the letters, sounds, and actions except for W-Z. The kids are continuing to amaze me with their memory!
Sight words: can, do (Please study the sight words each week, so your child doesn't get behind!)
Rhyming: Each day I am picking a consonant-vowel-consonant word for the children to rhyme with. These are words with short vowels such as: cat, hen, pig, dog, hut
They are really catching on to thinking of words that have the same ending!
We will also continue with learning how to count syllables in words. Last week, we counted by clapping the syllables in their names. Both rhyming and syllable counting can be done in while riding somewhere, making dinner, getting dressed, etc!
Color of the week! Blue (Hadley has the blue snack for Thursday!) . Thank you to Cooper for bringing the yellow snack last week!
2nd Step! This program is a social/emotional program we will be doing throughout the year. It teaches skills in 4 areas.
1. Skills for learning--how to focus their attention, listen carefully, using self-talk to stay on task and wait their turn, and be assertive when asking for help!
2. Empathy--Student learn to identify and understand their own and others' feelings. They also learn how to take another's perspective and how to show compassion.
3. Emotion Management-Students learn specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings, such as anxiety or anger.
4. Problem Solving-Students learn a process for solving problems with others in a positive way.
There are also puppet friends that help us learn too! Ask your child who our friends are!
Math this week!
You will get your child's math test back tomorrow, so look for that!
Today we began Topic 2 over Comparing and Ordering 0 to 5. We will also be talking a lot about "more and fewer", along with "same as". "More" is a lot easier than understanding "fewer". We learn that "fewer" and "less" mean the same thing, but students still struggle with that term. So, it would help to use "fewer" when counting or when pointing out how many of something to your child at home. One-to-one correspondence will also be our new math term. We will be able to notice more and fewer easier by matching items and see how many more, how many fewer there are or if we have the same number.
We are going to be writing 6 and 7 this week! 6 is "big line down, curl up in the corner". 7 is "little line over, big line down".
Delayed start! Sept. 18 is or first delayed start. Kids can come at 10:30 and school begins at 10:45. Dismissal is the same. Lunch will only be 2 choices. Choice B-Hamburger or Choice C-yogurt or sack lunch from home. Please visit with your child at home and decide what they will want. The cooks want an estimate of lunches the day before on the 17th. So, I will take lunch count on Tues. the 17th for Wed. the 18th.
Coming up!
Thurs. Sept. 5 Blue Day and Apple Day planning meeting at 4:15 in Ms. Arnote's room
Fri. Sept. 6 The author, Bridget Heos, will visit and talk about her Mustache Baby books!
Order forms are in the school newsletter! Turn in the order form and check by 9/4
Wed. Sept. 11 Pizza Shoppe family night for CCE! A percentage of your meal will go back to CCE.
Thurs. Sept. 12 Green Day and Roller Skating Party 6-8 pm
Fri. Sept 13 Lap-a-thon (more info. to come on our big fundraiser)
Wed. Sept. 18 . 2 hour delay start of school--Kids come at 10:30
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