This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night
IXL Math for possible extra practice: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5
Classroom Happenings:
This week students explore strategies for rolling up our sleeves and figuring out the meaning of tricky words in our Reader's Workshop. Students are practicing strategies like using picture to determine the meaning of unknown words or using what's happening in the story to figure out the meaning of unknown words. In Writer's Workshop, we've been using Owl Moon by Jane Yolen as a mentor text to study good writing moves. We've been adding details to our writing by showing, not just telling a story. One strategy we're working on is including "5 senses details" to our writing. What did you hear? What did you see? What did you feel? What did you smell? What did you taste?
Check your student's backpack for the first Math Newsletter that was sent home! This newsletter will be a good resource throughout the year as it outlines skills we're working on in class, as well as strategies for how children can show their thinking using models and manipulatives. Let me know if you didn't get your copy and I can send home another!
Reminders:
Wednesday, October 3 is a half day.
If you haven't done so already, please return the blue Child Information Form that came home on Back-to-School night or in your student's backpack. Be sure to list the email addresses you want the blog post to be sent to on the form. This is the email address I will use to communicate all classroom happenings.
SeeSaw Access: SeeSaw Accounts are up and running. Students are posting weekly to their "newsfeed" with updates about what's happening in school. Be sure to take a look at the SeeSaw Access Instructions that came home with Back-to-School night so you get an update email each time they post! As we're getting it set up, I'm approving student posts as they come through. (So excited to have this communication tool with home!!)
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom.)
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