September 8th - September 12th

What We Are Learning

Reading:  We added the Work on Writing element to our Daily Five Literacy Café this week. Ask your child what their favorite writing activity is in their Work on Writing binder. We also continued to work on building stamina so that students are reading and writing completely independently.

Alphabet: We learned how to identify and write the letters Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr & Ss. We rotated through several centers to practice them. During one of the centers your child made alphabet flashcards.  These are now located in the flashcard pocket of your child’s take home folder. Enjoy!

Writing: We continued to practice hearing the sounds in words and recorded them on paper. We actually started to write a sentence to match our illustrations! How exciting!

Math: During math this week, we worked on sorting items based on their shapes, color, and size. We rotated though several math centers to practice this skill.

Theme: We will be learning about apples for the next two weeks.  We created an apple numbers book and did a fun apple activity after reading the book Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss.

Orchard Hills 5K

The Fifth Annual “Run for the Orchard” 5K Walk/Run will be held September 27, 2014 at Orchard Hills so mark your calendars! I promise you and your family will have fun! I can’t wait to see you there!

Mystery Reader

A “mystery reader” is any person I invite to our classroom to read to the class as a surprise.  I like to have at least one mystery reader per month, but some months we may have 2 or 3 or more! If you would like to surprise your child by being a mystery reader, please let me know.  All you have to do is bring a book to read to the class and KEEP IT A SECRET (especially from your child). This is a special treat for the whole class, but you will definitely be rewarded by the look on your child’s face when they see it’s you! We have been lucky enough to have had two mystery readers already! Thanks again to Mrs. Smalley and Mrs. Aronis!

Popcorn Words

Popcorn words are words that “pop-up” a lot when we read. These are high frequency words that your child needs to be able to read automatically without using a strategy to figure them out.

This week’s words:

we & to

Previous words:

the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember

September 17^th- PTO Family Night at Chipotle

September 19^th- Dismiss at 12:30

September 24^th- Tiger Pride Assembly

September 27^th: WOHE 5K

September 30^th- Picture Day