September 18th
Hello! I look forward to seeing many of you at family night tomorrow night! There is already so much learning going on in our classroom and I hope that you take the time each week to read about it in our blog and use it to extend conversations at home.
Thank you for remembering to check the planner each night. We will begin add in some occasional math homework and word study homework next week.
Have you heard about the growing machine in our classroom?!?! We might be able to harvest at the beginning of next week. We will celebrate the first harvest with a salad party in our classroom. If you are willing to send in a bottle of salad dressing please let me know!
Reading: This week for reading we will continue to learn about good habits that readers have and start to learn some strategies that readers use to solve unknown words. We will learn how rereading can help us see more in a story, how taking a sneak peek of a story before we read might help us with unknown words, and how readers take a look at all the parts of an unknown word. Another lesson we will have this week is how we need to drop bad habits in our reading like freezing at an unknown word, asking what the word is without trying to solve it, or mumbling through a word. We will drop our bad habits and pick up a good habit like checking the picture, looking at parts of the words, and double checking that the word makes sense!
Thank you for remembering to check the planner each night. We will begin add in some occasional math homework and word study homework next week.
Have you heard about the growing machine in our classroom?!?! We might be able to harvest at the beginning of next week. We will celebrate the first harvest with a salad party in our classroom. If you are willing to send in a bottle of salad dressing please let me know!
Upcoming Events:
September 19: 5:30: Family Night, Hot Dogs and How to Help
September 20: School Picture Day
September 22: No School for Students
September 22:Fox Cities Marathon Kids Fun Run
September 20: School Picture Day
September 22: No School for Students
September 22:Fox Cities Marathon Kids Fun Run
September 25: Dress Up Day! Wear Badger Sportswear
September 27: Dress Up Day! Wear NDLC Wear
September 28: Dress Up Day! Wear Packer Sportswear
September 27: Dress Up Day! Wear Kaukauna Colors
September 27:4:30 (4:00 line-up): Homecoming Parade
October 8: 10:00-1:00: Ride to Read bike event
October 8: 10:00-1:00: Ride to Read bike event
Reading: This week for reading we will continue to learn about good habits that readers have and start to learn some strategies that readers use to solve unknown words. We will learn how rereading can help us see more in a story, how taking a sneak peek of a story before we read might help us with unknown words, and how readers take a look at all the parts of an unknown word. Another lesson we will have this week is how we need to drop bad habits in our reading like freezing at an unknown word, asking what the word is without trying to solve it, or mumbling through a word. We will drop our bad habits and pick up a good habit like checking the picture, looking at parts of the words, and double checking that the word makes sense!
Writing: This week in writing we will continue writing narrative small moment stories. We will create writing partnerships within the classroom and help each other grow as writers by giving a compliment and something they could add. We will also bring our characters to life by giving them actions and words to say, and by giving them thoughts and feeling in both our pictures and words.
Word Study: In the first unit of word study we will be reviewing the letter names, sounds, and lowercase formations of the letters a-z. We will work on this through oral repetition, using keywords, student notebooks, and dry erase boards.
Math: This week we will continue unit 1: Partners and Number Patterns Through 10. This week we will work with partners of 7, 8, 9, and 10! We will practice fluency with those partners in our lessons as well as at our math rotations. This week be on the lookout for a parent letter with more information about Unit 1!
Content: This week in science we will be investigating woodland plants and freshwater plants. We will work on putting together our terrariums and aquariums. We will also check in on the seeds that we are growing in our classroom.
As always if you have any questions, let me know!
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