Sept. 26- 30
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Monday: Homework folder comes home.
Tuesday: Individual student photo. Please have your child wear their most beautiful smile!
Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday.
Wednesday: Early Release Day. Dismissal is at 12:00 PM.
Monday: Homework folder comes home.
Tuesday: Individual student photo. Please have your child wear their most beautiful smile!
Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday.
Wednesday: Early Release Day. Dismissal is at 12:00 PM.
Thursday: Library Day- All library books are due at 8:00 AM
Friday: Homework folder is due.
GROWTH MINDSET
This week in growth mindset, we are going to practice how to give each other constructive criticism. What is the best thing to say to each other in order to improve each other's work? How can we be kind towards each other, yet help each other grow? We will learn how to start with something positive, saying something nice about each other's work. Next, we'll say something that can be improved and then end our talk with something positive again. " I really like how your picture and your words match in this story, you could add more words to make your story more interesting, you are such a great story teller!"
This week:
Friday: Homework folder is due.
GROWTH MINDSET
This week in growth mindset, we are going to practice how to give each other constructive criticism. What is the best thing to say to each other in order to improve each other's work? How can we be kind towards each other, yet help each other grow? We will learn how to start with something positive, saying something nice about each other's work. Next, we'll say something that can be improved and then end our talk with something positive again. " I really like how your picture and your words match in this story, you could add more words to make your story more interesting, you are such a great story teller!"
This week:
READING
This week we will work on some strategies that could help us be a stronger reader. Readers read from from left to right and from top to the bottom, even if the prints on the page are not on a straight line or printed in an unusual way (inside thinking bubbles, or on broken lines- The author Mo Willems has a lot of books like this). When readers get stuck on a word, they don't just skip the word and keep reading. Instead, they try to sound out the word and see if it makes sense. Lastly, readers use the picture clues to help them figure out a word they don't know.
WRITING
We have written many true stories about our lives. This week we will revise our stories. When we revise, we look at our stories to check and see if our stories make sense. Sometimes we need to add more to our stories and sometimes we need to delete a part. We will read our sentences to make sure they make sense. We will also check for capitals at the beginning of sentences and correct punctuation at the end of sentences. We will continue to practice our sight words and spell them correctly.
We have been practicing on how to use the number line/number track to find specific numbers and find out one more or one less. This week, we will take that knowledge and apply it in addition. The strategies that we work on is "Count On Addition Strategies for Basic Facts". It is essential that all students are able to successfully calculate both mentally and with paper and pencil their basic facts. Count On strategies include Count on 0 (+0 facts Count), On 1 (+1 facts), Count on 2 (+2 facts). This week we will focus on Count On 0, define 0 on the number line, and make count-on 0 equations. We will use the count on 0 strategy to 20 and learn that we can use this strategy not just to add numbers but to add coins as well.
SCIENCES
This week we will be continuing our discussion on physical changes to materials. We learned this past week, that adding heat and removing heat cause materials to change. We will be doing more experiments this week to observe those changes first hand!
THANK YOU!
More than anything, thank you for supporting your child's learning at home. Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together. So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!
THANK YOU!
Thank you for stuffing the folders and being willing to help in the classroom or outside the classroom. Your helping hands and hearts are greatly appreciated!
