Sunday, September 22, 2013

September 16th - September 20th

What We Are Learning
Reading: This week we added the Listen to Reading element to our Daily Five Literacy Café. Ask your child about our 5 classroom iPads! We also learned two more strategies to help us read accurately.  Ask your child about Skippy the Frog and Stretchy Snake. We also finished DRA testing.  This test tells me your child’s reading level.  
Writing: Your child continues to draft small moment stories. We learned how to stretch out stories by looking at the small details. We focused on how to “unfreeze” characters by giving more information about the characters in the story.
Math: During math this week we continued learning about adding and subtracting numbers using a number line and drawing pictures. We really focused our time on solving subtraction word problems.
Theme: This week we used our Theme time to learn about apples. We made a Johnny Apple Seed book and read about apples in our Scholastic News Magazine.

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

Tiger Pride Assembly
Our first Tiger Pride Assembly is September 25th at 2:30.  Parents are more than welcome to attend! You never know when your child might be recognized for good character, teamwork, academics, or improvement!

Word Wall Words
Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Word Wall Words. 
This week’s word wall words:
see   up   at    he   do

Last week’s word wall words:
and    in   we   it   so

Take Home Folders
Please make sure you read over and sign your child’s Take Home Folder on a nightly basis. This is a great communication tool for you and me. Also, it gives you some insight to how your child’s day was at school. 

Dates to Remember
September 25th- First Tiger Pride Assembly
October 7th- Parent Orientation Night
October 19th- Run for the Orchard 5K


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