October 7th - October 11th

What We Are Learning

Reading: This week we worked on comprehension strategies. We focused on making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.  Ask your child what the difference is between the three.

Writing: We started a new writing unit this week.  We moved away from narrative stories to nonfictional writing.  This week your child focused on writing true facts about a topic  they knows a lot about. Ask your child what they chose to write about.

Math: This week in math we started a new unit on place value. For the next two weeks, your child will learn about the ones and tens place and compare numbers using the >, =, and < symbols.

Theme: This week we learned about bats during our Theme Time. We researched what bats are, what bats can do, and what special abilities bats have.  Ask your child about what they learned.

Orchard Hills 5K

The Fourth Annual “Run for the Orchard” 5K Walk/Run will be held October 19, 2013 at Orchard Hills. Can’t wait to see you there!

Raz-Kids.com

This is a great website that allows your child to have access to hundreds of eBooks.

Website: www.raz-kids.com

User Name: Orchard1b

Happy Reading!

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Guided Reading Envelops

Thank you all so much for reading your child’s guided reading book with them each week.  The more you read with your child the more progress they will make. Thank you for all your support!

Word Wall Words

This was the last week we reviewed all the word wall words we have learned so far. Please practice reading, writing, and spelling the following words:

the    I     to    a     is   go    my    on  me    like  and   in    we   it   so   see    up    at   he    do

you   an   can   no   am

Parent Orientation Night

Thank you all so much for attending WOHE’s Parent Orientation Night.  I hope you all found the meetings beneficial.  I know if we work together we can really see your child grow academically this year!