October 20th - October 24th

What We Are Learning

Reading:  This week we learned two new strategies to solve tricky words.  We learned that good readers look at the pictures to get clues to solve words we don’t know and reread for understanding and fluency.  Ask your child about Eagle Eye and Reread Raccoon.

Alphabet: We focused on how to properly form the letters Zz, Jj, Gg, & Qq.  Ask your child which way they enjoyed practicing writing these letters the most (around the table, trace the big letter, or relay race).

Writing:  We continued writing narrative stories this week. This just means we are writing true stories about things we’ve done or things that have happened to us. We worked on adding more details to our stories to help our readers understand what happened.  Ask your child what they chose to write about.

Math: During math this week, I introduced another part of Math Daily 3 (Math with Someone). We learned a new number game that can be played with a partner called number war. We also started learning how to write, recognize, and make numbers 15-20.  Ask your child what is hanging from our ceiling to help us understand these numbers.

Theme: We continued our pumpkin unit.  We learned the life cycle of a pumpkin and created a pumpkin craft that is hanging in the hall. Next week, we will investigate what pumpkins have, can, and are. We will use the pumpkin we picked during our fieldtrip to investigate what is inside.

Student Led Conferences

Student led conferences will be October 28^th and 30^th. 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. I look forward to meeting with all of you!

Tiger Pride Assembly

Our second Tiger Pride Assembly is October 29th 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!

Creating a Wonder Table

I sent home a letter on Monday requesting fall items to place on our Wonder Table.  These can be pumpkins, gourds, fall leaves, etc. These items will help us learn about observing, asking questions, and investigating answers.

Popcorn Words

Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn words.

This week’s words:

look & in

Previous words:

like, and, a, up, at, I, see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember

October 28^th & 30th: Student Led Conferences

October 29^th: Tiger Pride Assembly

November 3^rd &4^th: No School