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http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/reading-homework-tips-for-parents/
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
Three Weeks In
What a whirlwind few weeks it's been! We are almost fully into our routine and our days have become increasingly productive.
In literacy, we've covered short a, final -ck, short i, final x and are about to undertake short o and -s plurals. Our grammar book covered sentences vs. non-sentences. In writing, we're working on getting words on the page, leaving spaces between them, lower case letters and punctuation. We've been using sentence starters such as: I am, I like, I can, I have, I see, I feel to help get our writing started.
In math we created and solved bug story problems. Solving them uses basic addition and subtraction. We've begun to learn about telling time to the hour, identifying coins and more.
Our character strength focus for the month is Self Control. We use this strength in referring to our bodies being under control, our voices at an appropriate level and other times throughout the day.
This week, picture forms for picture day (Sept 20th - next Tuesday!) came home. If you want school pictures, please be sure to either sign up online or return that form and payment back to school by Tuesday morning.
You should have also received a permission slip for our field trip to Portland Nursery in October. Please be sure to return that form, along with payment, back to school at your earliest convenience.
I will be making a picture run this weekend. If you have an electronic copy of a family picture you'd like to post in our classroom, please email it to me and I'll have a print made.
Lastly, library books are due Monday!
Have a great weekend and thanks for your partnership!
-Barb Andrews
In literacy, we've covered short a, final -ck, short i, final x and are about to undertake short o and -s plurals. Our grammar book covered sentences vs. non-sentences. In writing, we're working on getting words on the page, leaving spaces between them, lower case letters and punctuation. We've been using sentence starters such as: I am, I like, I can, I have, I see, I feel to help get our writing started.
In math we created and solved bug story problems. Solving them uses basic addition and subtraction. We've begun to learn about telling time to the hour, identifying coins and more.
Our character strength focus for the month is Self Control. We use this strength in referring to our bodies being under control, our voices at an appropriate level and other times throughout the day.
This week, picture forms for picture day (Sept 20th - next Tuesday!) came home. If you want school pictures, please be sure to either sign up online or return that form and payment back to school by Tuesday morning.
You should have also received a permission slip for our field trip to Portland Nursery in October. Please be sure to return that form, along with payment, back to school at your earliest convenience.
I will be making a picture run this weekend. If you have an electronic copy of a family picture you'd like to post in our classroom, please email it to me and I'll have a print made.
Lastly, library books are due Monday!
Have a great weekend and thanks for your partnership!
-Barb Andrews
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