Please be sure your child is wearing safe shoes to school (no flip flops) and no spaghetti straps. If students wear a dress, please make sure there are shorts underneath.
o White T-Shirts – Please have your child bring in a white t-shirt to tie dye or decorate for school field trips by August 14th. Make sure you have your child’s name on the inside of the shirt with a sharpie.
o Homework – Please be sure you are reading with your child 10 minutes every day. Be sure to ask them to retell the story including characters, setting and events (beginning, middle and end). Your child should be on a reading level J by the end of 1st grade. Please e-mail me if you have any questions on your child’s reading level. They should be practicing their sights words and nonsense words as well. Students also have a math worksheet and reading passage to complete.
o Special Rotation – We are on a 7 day Specials rotation. Starting on Monday August 24th the rotation will be:
Counseling, P.E., Art, Music, Media
o Earbuds: Please bring in earbuds for your child along with their name on it (use a piece of tape to write their name). We will be using the earbuds for listen to reading with ipods in the next week.
What we are learning…
Reading and Writing:
This week in letterland we are talking about word families with ix, in and ick. We are also reading stories and practicing retelling the story. Make sure your child can talk about characters, setting and major events in the story (beginning, middle and end). We are also asking and answering questions about the text. Be sure to ask questions about the text your child reads and encourage your child to come up with their own questions. In writing, we are working on writing sequenced events in a story using first, next and last.
Math:
In math, we are using different strategies for addition and subtraction. We are also talking about math mountains and word problems.
Science:
We are finishing up our Social Studies Unit and we are now starting Science. We are talking about measuring, along with comparing and contrasting different lengths.
Upcoming Dates:
8/25 – Skate Night at United Skates 6PM
8/26 – PAWS Store 8:45-9:10, Progress Reports
9/4 – Early Release 1:15
9/7 – Holiday
9/23 - PAWS Store 8:45-9:10
9/30 – Report Cards go home, Track Out