September 27, 2019 News

Picture Day- October 8, 2019

In today’s Friday Folder, you will find the order form for your child for Picture Day, which will take place on Tuesday, October 8!

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Scholastic Book Orders

Thank you to those of you who made orders in September! Your orders earned our classroom 7 books to be added to our classroom library, and the kids are very excited for me to “reveal” the secret books that came in the Book Box! 🙂

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Sensory Field Trip- October 17, 2019

We will be taking our first field trip of the year on Thursday, October 17th to DeGraaf Nature Center for their Sensory Program. Look for the permission slip to come home next week. There is room for 2 parent volunteers to join us, so if you would be interested in coming, please email me and I will take the first two parents who email. We will be leaving that morning at 8:45 am and returning to school at 11:15 am.

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What We Learned This Week…

It is my hope that the bullets you’ll find in this section each week can be conversation starters for you around the dinner table with your son or daughter!

Religion

  • how God shows His love for us
  • comparing the love of God to the love of a father or someone who loves us
  • story of the Prodigal Son
  • prayer: the Glory Be

Math

  • number talks: counting all the dots/counting on using a ten frame
  • putting together numbers to 10
  • practicing the concept of part-part-whole
  • addition to 10
  • number combinations that add up to 10
  • Math Centers:
    • spin to 10
    • rolling the dice to +0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6 and “swapping the story”
    • use cubes to build a number and count on
    • iPads: SplashMath

Reading

  • shared reading skills
    • word solving
    • cross-checking
    • word study of short i words
    • fluency: identifying rhyming words
    • comprehension: understanding how a character’s feelings can change throughout the story
  • reading to self stamina
  • matching up pictures with the same beginning sounds (for example: comb, cupcake)
  • segmenting words into separate sounds
  • sight word work: look, was, do, you, yellow
  • fluency
  • poetry: At the Park

 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Drummond

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