Events of the Week:
Math: We introduced the numbers 9 and 10. We’ve been working on noticing the “hidden partners” in the numbers. For example, 4 and 5 are hidden parts of 9. Your child should be able to identify numbers 0-10 now. We will be assessing this skill in the next couple of weeks.
Language Workshop: Our focus this week was on color review. Our book for the week was Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. We read and practiced retelling this story. We also made our own “Brown Bear Reader” to add to our Independent Reading book boxes. The assessments for Parts of a Book and Author/Illustrator were sent home earlier this week. The students did an amazing job. As always, if your child is not proficient in these skills, then please practice them at home. I will reassess one more time before the end of the quarter.
Reading Workshop: This week during IR time I started reading with students individually checking their understanding of concepts of print. I’m using a level A text with sight words they should know (Ex: I like apples.). I am asking your child questions such as, “Can you show me where to begin reading?” “How many words are in that sentence?” “Where would you read next?” “Can you point to an ending mark?”. I’m also looking to see if they are using picture clues.
Writing Workshop: Each day we wrote a sentence from the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?. As a class we sat at the carpet with a clipboard and talked about what we were going to write for the day. Each day we wrote a sentence about the book (such as “I see a red bird.”) and then we counted the number of words in the sentence. We used sight words and color words to complete the sentence. After writing each word we would go back and reread to figure out the next word in the sentence. Once the sentence was complete, students went back to their seats to draw a picture to match the sentence. We call this process “Interactive Writing”. Your child should be able to read each page to you independently.
Word Study: Our sight word was “see”. It popped up a lot in our reading and writing this week. Our letters for the week were “Nn”, “Oo”, “Pp” and “Qq”. Don’t forget to practice letter and sound identification at home with your child. Your child should now be able to identify the letters and sounds for letters Aa-Qq.
Content Workshop: We did several different color mixing experiments. Be sure to ask your child about the different activities we completed. What a fun way to end our day each day!
Reading Journey
I hope you and your child are enjoying completing the Reading Journey activities. Please return the Reading Journey activities page by Wednesday, October 11th.
Sight Words
Your child should be able to recognize these words within 3 seconds. It is very important that you practice them at home with your child, as we will be adding new ones each week.
I the see like is my a
Important Dates:
- Oct. 3 ~ PTA Fundraiser Forms and Money Due
- Oct. 4 ~ Book Order Due
- Oct. 5 ~ School Pictures
- Oct. 7 ~ Fall Festival (5:00-7:30 p.m. on the elementary playground)
- Oct. 11 ~ Reading Challenge Due
- Oct. 12 ~ End of 1st Quarter
- Oct. 12 ~ Cox Care Mobile
- Oct. 13 ~ NO SCHOOL (Fall Break)
- Oct. 16-17 ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences (see below for details)
- Oct. 27 ~ Halloween Party (see below for details)
1st Quarter Assessments
Next week we will begin assessing over 1st Quarter skills. Some of the skills we will be assessing over are letter identification, sight words, counting to 25, numbers 0-10, and sorting. If your child has already scored “Proficient” in an area, he/she will not be assessed over that skill again this quarter. Please be sure to practice at home!
Halloween Party
Our Halloween Party will be October 27th. At noon, we will parade through the school in our costumes. The party will begin after the parade, at approximately 12:30 and last until 1:00. Please remember to send your child’s costume to school that morning! Do not bring it with you—you never know when you might be delayed unexpectedly.
*Special note about costumes—NO weapons of any kind allowed, please keep blood and gore to a minimum!
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher conferences will be held October 16th and 17th. You may sign-up online at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a44afa62da02-parentteacher1. All parents are expected to schedule a conference time. I look forward to meeting with you.
Next Week:
- Our theme will be Fall. We will learn about informational (non-fiction) books.
- In math, we will review numbers 0-10.
- Our sight word will be “it”.
- Our letters for the week will be “Rr”, “Ss”, “Tt” and “Uu”.
Have a Great Weekend!!
Mrs. Vestal
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