Friday, January 4, 2019

January 2nd-11th

UPDATE:  I will be in Arizona for a funeral Monday the 14th and Tuesday the 15th.  They will have a substitute teacher those two days.  They will still have guided reading and sight word homework.  If there are any questions I will answer them when I get back on Wednesday.  
*Also, it is important that you know that the books they bring home should be EASY or JUST RIGHT... they read the book with me a number of times before bringing them home, so they know the words and the pictures are there to help them. 

Welcome Back! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break!

I am so excited to be back and can't wait to get started with some new and exciting changes!  Read on to learn more about what will be changing!

REMINDERS: 

~Children may bring in chap-stick for their chapped/dry lips.  They will keep it in their lockers and can apply as necessary throughout the day!

~ PLEASE send in your child's snow pants, boots, hat and mittens every day!   

~Friday Mass- they need to dress up for church.  No t-shirts, no jeans and no words on their clothing.  Boys need a collared shirt.  If you do not want/ or your child does not want to wear their dressy church clothes all day, please send a change of clothes. They will change right after mass. 


Reading: We are working in small groups on short easy to follow stories.  And matching the pictures with the words.  We will be continuing this, but will now be sending this home as well!  They will be reading a guided reading book here at school and then will bring it home in their black reading bag.  There will be a form in the bag as well, please initial each time you read and give me feedback on how they did- was is easy, just right, or too hard! 
  
Monday: They will be bringing their black bag and book home.  Please have them read this book to you! (MUST RETURN THE NEXT DAY).

Tuesday: They will bring home the same book(reread) and an extension worksheet that they will need to do and return the next day!

I will also be starting sight words!  Each student will receive 5 orange sight words on a ring to start.  Each night have them practice each word.  They should be able to say the word within 2-3 seconds.  I will be testing every Friday, so they need to come back to school everyday!  I will give them a new word for each word they get right during the test the previous Friday!  By the end of the school year they should be able to identify anywhere from 80-100 words by sight alone.

When reading at home, here are some things to help your child grow in their reading skills. Ask questions after a story...
Who was this story about? or Who is the main character?
Where did this story take place? or What was the setting?
What was the problem?
How did he/she solve this problem? or What was the solutions?
This will really help with their reading comprehension.


Fundations / Spelling:  We will be working on sentence structure and punctuation.  We will be learning how to identify rhyming words and will be diving into capital letters! 

Writing: We are continuing to work on labeling our drawings!  Sounding out each word!  And we will be focusing on writing sentences and making sure that we use the lessons learned in Fundations and have the first letter in each sentence is a capital letter and that we finish with the appropriate punctuation.

Math: We will be finishing Unit 3.  The test will be on Tuesday, January 8th!  We will then be starting Unit 4( partners, problem drawings, and tens).  Starting with math stories and sorting.  Then we will be focusing on partners of 10!

Religion: We will be learning about the stories of David and Goliath and Daniel and the Lions Den!  

Social Studies/Science: We learned all about New Years this week and will be learning about Community Helpers the next couple weeks!

As always, my door is always open, if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to ask!  


Calendar/Important Dates:
January

11-Mass 8:15am
16-End of 2nd Quarter
18-Mass 8:15am
24-Early Release 11:30am(NO AFTER CARE)
25-No School
27-All school mass Sunday 8:45am- Start of Catholic Schools Week



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