I hope you had a restful long weekend!
This week we're shifting our focus to our identities. We've gotten to know what lives in each of our hearts, and now we're working on getting to know each other better. We shared a few stories about our names, and this week we'll work on self portraits to create our own class identity book. We read stories such as Alma and How She Got Her Name and The Best Part of Me which has sparked conversation about the parts of ourselves we love the most and want to share with the world. If there is a story you can share with your child about their name please do, so we can learn even more about each other! In math we're beginning to solve picture and word problems and representing our answers in a variety of ways, such as number bonds, number sentences, and using manipulatives. I sent home a math workbook that includes homework pages from units (modules) 1-3, which should last them until the end of this semester. This can be used as a math practice resource at home for each day of the week. We've been writing every day, whether it's through journal writing about our weekends and feelings or story telling in writer's workshop. Our current focus is helping the students identify and use phonetic sounds when writing words they haven't memorized yet. This will help us in the future when working with new spelling patterns, so that they can practice phonemic awareness skills everyday and take them into both their reading and writing practice. This week I'll begin administering the district reading assessment that in done at the beginning, middle, and end of the year. This assessment includes phonemic awareness, letter recognition, nonsense word fluency (reading words such as "lat" "lum" "mon"), sight word recognition, and a fluency reading passage. If you are interested in seeing your child's results you are welcome to email me and I can send them over once the assessment is finished. Reminders: -Picture Day: Friday 9/10- If you'd like to purchase any photos please be sure to send back the form OR you can purchase online here. -NO SCHOOL: Thursday 9/16 -Please be sure to return the white folder back to our class each day so I can send home more notices, information, and practice work. -If your child would like to sign up for any clubs, all forms can be found in the office. Hope you enjoy the rest of this short week! P.S. Some parents asked how they can support our classroom this year. Below are links to our amazon wishlists for books and supplies, and my donors choose account where I fundraise for materials that might be outside of amazon. We love books!!
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