Sunday, August 26, 2018

Finishing Up August

Wow! I cannot believe we are already finishing up the month of August. The children are working so hard to get into the routine of everything and learning first grade. Here goes with what we are learning and doing in the classroom:

  • Language Arts- We will be working on editing/correcting sentences and narrative writing. We will be working on learning the groups of Daily 5 such as Word Work, Read to Someone, Read to Self, and groups to work on reading skills and assessments. 
  • Math- We are working on place value. We are discussing the tens and ones groups. We are working on grouping ones into groups of tens, the ones being left and what the number looks like etc. We are working on Guessing Numbers and using dot cards to determine what the number is etc. 
  • Social Studies/Science- We are discussing our global address. (address, city, county, state, country and continent.) Please practice this with your child as often as possible so they work on learning this information. We are discussing weather.
Helpful Information/Reminders for the Classroom:
  • Your child needs a healthy snack each day. 
  • Your child needs to bring his/her Agenda and Red Take Home folder each day.
  • Please have your child bring his/her purple Homework folder on Monday and return on Friday with his/her homework. I will send home the new homework for the week on Mondays.
  • Please place all money in labeled envelopes.
  • Please put all transportation notes regarding changes in the agenda or note in the take home folder.
  • This Friday is Grandparents' Breakfast is Friday, August 31st.
  • Progress Reports go home on Thursday, September 6th.
  • Our Leader in Me Habit of the Month is: Be Proactive. Please discuss this with your child and how he/she does this at home, so they may share during our class meeting. 
  • Extra homework ideas: practice any high frequency words (packet sent home earlier in the school year) that your child may not know. Your child may write about experiences focusing on capitalization, spacing between words, ending punctuation etc. Please have your child write as much as possible with a detailed picture to match the writing/story.
Thanks as always for your time and support with your child.