What We
Are Learning
Reading: This week I reassessed students on letter recognition
(upper & lowercase) and letter sounds. Look at the colored data sheets in
your child’s take home folder to see how much progress your child has made so
far! I will use this information to
organize students into small groups to individualize reading instruction. Next
week I will start meeting with these small groups. We also learned that good
readers reread for fluency, noticed patterns in books, and use pictures to help
solve tricky words.
Alphabet: We focused on how to
properly form the letters Bb, Dd, Mm, & Nn.
Ask your child how to tell the difference between a lowercase b & d.
We also reviewed what sounds these letters make.
Writing: We finished writing our three page books about ourselves! In these stories we practiced
using the popcorn words we know in our writing, using words to match our
pictures, using spaces between our words, and ending our sentences with a
period.
Math:
During math this week, I introduced one part of Math Daily 3 (Math by Myself).
Ask your child what activities they chose to work on independently while I met
with individual or small groups. We also started learning how to write,
recognize, and make numbers 11-20.
Theme:
Our theme this week focused on fire safety since it is fire safety month. We brainstormed words that describe
firefighters. Ask your child what word they chose to include in their sentence
(A firefighter is ______.).
WOHE Shirts
Every Wednesday your kiddo is invited to
wear their WOHE shirts! Let’s show our Willard pride!
Rutledge Wilson Field Trip
On Friday, October 24th we will
be taking a field trip to Rutledge Wilson Farm. We will be participating in the
fun activities there as well as going to a class about pumpkins and picking a
class pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch! There will be more information coming home
soon!
Student Led Conferences
Student led conferences will be October 28th
and 30th. This style of conference gives your child an opportunity
to show you firsthand what they have learned in the first quarter, what your child’s
strengths are, and what skills they need to continue working on. The room will be divided into several work
centers. Your child will take you to
each center and demonstrate a specific skill they learned in class. At one of
these centers, I will be privately presenting each of you with your child’s
report card. I will also discuss any
achievements or concerns
I
have seen. A sign up paper will be coming home on Friday. I would encourage you
to send the note back quickly to ensure you get the time that fits your
schedule the best. I look forward to meeting with all of you!
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:
NONE (Review
Week)
Previous words:
a, up, at, I,
see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go
Dates to Remember
October 24th: Field Trip to
Rutledge Wilson Farm
October 28th & 30th: Student
Led Conferences
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