Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Spiders and Owls!
The past weeks we have been doing a lot of learning about animals by reading several nonfiction books, charting our schema (our background knowledge) and our new learning, doing some shared writing pieces, writing fact books, learning about fact and opinion, and of course some cute simple crafts.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
A Few Things...
Thank you to those of you that have offered to run a craft workshop on Halloween! This is one last plea for one more parent volunteer that is able to contribute his/her time. Please email me if you are interested! This will be 10:00-11:00 am on Halloween.
Sight Word Notebooks: Please remember to have your child send it back on FRIDAY. I will allow it to come back Monday as well but after two days, it gets very confusing and then difficult for me to get the new words together and checked from previous week. (The same goes for the reading homework. This should be returned Thursday, but Friday at the latest. If it doesn't come back until the following week your child will miss new books and reading homework for that week and I will hold on to it until the following Friday when I send them home again.)
Please have your child write in his or her neatest handwriting in the sight word notebooks. Please also help your child to remember capital letters and punctuation at the end of sentences. Sentences should be your child's best effort and not rushed through. It helps to use two lines as one since the lines are so thin, as well as skipping a line if using more than one. Your child also needs to write the word next to the one that they trace. Please use pencil. Encourage your child to write sentences that are not so "simple". For example, rather than "I go back.", ask your child to tell more in the sentence. Words that are unfamiliar to the child do not need to be spelled correctly but should show that effort was put into stretching out each sound.
Please send your child with some kind of jacket at this point moving forward. We will have outdoor recess unless it rains (or temperatures drop significantly). It is cool down by the water on the playground.
Thank you for your support!
Sight Word Notebooks: Please remember to have your child send it back on FRIDAY. I will allow it to come back Monday as well but after two days, it gets very confusing and then difficult for me to get the new words together and checked from previous week. (The same goes for the reading homework. This should be returned Thursday, but Friday at the latest. If it doesn't come back until the following week your child will miss new books and reading homework for that week and I will hold on to it until the following Friday when I send them home again.)
Please have your child write in his or her neatest handwriting in the sight word notebooks. Please also help your child to remember capital letters and punctuation at the end of sentences. Sentences should be your child's best effort and not rushed through. It helps to use two lines as one since the lines are so thin, as well as skipping a line if using more than one. Your child also needs to write the word next to the one that they trace. Please use pencil. Encourage your child to write sentences that are not so "simple". For example, rather than "I go back.", ask your child to tell more in the sentence. Words that are unfamiliar to the child do not need to be spelled correctly but should show that effort was put into stretching out each sound.
Please send your child with some kind of jacket at this point moving forward. We will have outdoor recess unless it rains (or temperatures drop significantly). It is cool down by the water on the playground.
Thank you for your support!
Monday, October 13, 2014
Bats and Math
Last week we spent some time learning all about bats. The students ended the week by writing their own informational piece about bats. In Math we have been working on combinations to ten and being able to look for patterns to help organize our combinations to make sure we have found all the ways to ten. We also practiced by finding all the combinations for five. Here are a few pictures. :)
Fire Safety Week
Last week was fire safety week and we were so lucky to have Connor's dad, Mr. Bell, come in to speak to our class along with our third grade big friends. The students got to see and feel his gear and equipment and listen to many safety tips. They had a chance to ask many questions as well. Thank you so much to Mr. Bell for taking the time to come visit our classroom!
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
A Batty Challenge/Halloween Workshops
This week we are learning all about bats! We are reading some nonfiction books and writing some of our own fact pieces about bats. Please read the following challenge questions to your child and email me their answers (fill in the blank type). 3/4 earn a sticker. Thank you!
1. There are more than _____________types of bats in the world.
2. Bats are the only mammal that _______________.
3. Bats help farmers by _________________.
4. Baby bats are called ________________.
I will be sending home a form to look for 4-5 volunteers to help run a "craft workshop" on Halloween Day. If you are interested, please email me. I would so appreciate it! This will be from 10:00-11:00 on Halloween morning.
1. There are more than _____________types of bats in the world.
2. Bats are the only mammal that _______________.
3. Bats help farmers by _________________.
4. Baby bats are called ________________.
I will be sending home a form to look for 4-5 volunteers to help run a "craft workshop" on Halloween Day. If you are interested, please email me. I would so appreciate it! This will be from 10:00-11:00 on Halloween morning.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Volunteers
Hi everyone!
I want to start bringing in some volunteers, particularly during literacy center time for now. I have only gotten three forms back. If anyone is interested in volunteering from 12:05-12:55 for literacy center time, for any specific day of the week, please email me. Thank you!
I want to start bringing in some volunteers, particularly during literacy center time for now. I have only gotten three forms back. If anyone is interested in volunteering from 12:05-12:55 for literacy center time, for any specific day of the week, please email me. Thank you!
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