The week of Sept. 12

 I really enjoyed learning about your kids' favorites as they presented their items in their All About Me Bag!  Each one had fun sharing and the rest of the class did a great job giving their attention to each presenter!  It is great practice for each child to talk in front of an audience and for the audience to actively listen.  After presenting, they asked if anyone had any questions they could answer. :)

Thank you for helping your child complete the "I Am Special" sheet!  I will make it into a booklet to be rotating to each child's home each week.  

Math Homework:  If you see "Do" on a worksheet, it is homework for your child to complete and send back the next school day.  I wrote "Do" on the math homework on Friday that we did not have time to do in class.  I didn't have a chance to email a notice about it Friday.  Just send it in when your child has a chance to do it.  

Phonics worksheets not completed.  If there isn't a "Do" at the top, it is optional to complete and send back to school.  However, it is great practice for you to see how your child is understanding the concept we are working on and definitely helps your child with the Phonics skills.

Phonics this week!  Short o

Short o word families

ot--hot, pot, rot

og--hog, log, bog

op--hop, bop, cop

-od--cod, rod, sod

Sight words:

Math this week!

We are using red and yellow counters to make all of the fact families of 8, 9, 10.  

New addition strategies will be introduced!

1. using linking cubes to count up

2. using a number line to count forward

3. making a pancake-fist with our hand to count forward with our fingers.

Social Studies Unit:  Community Helpers

1.  Introducing what community helpers are 

2.  This week we are learning more about police officers and construction workers and we will do an activity about each.

3.  Are any of you police officers?  Please let me know if you'd be interested in visiting with our class and/or possibly the first grade!

Coming up!

Sept. 22        Individual and class pictures-send in forms if you want to purchase them.

Sept. 23        Lap-a-thon--CCE fundraiser-more info. coming

                      Scholastic online book orders due!

Sept. 28        Conferences 4-8 (Please sign up on my sign-up genius)

Sept. 29        Conferences- All Day