Fall

This week in:

Readers Workshop- We will reread books and notice the characters expressions and body language to help us read like the character and make reading come alive! We will also pay close attention to the print and look for bold print, exclamation marks, ellipses, etc... to help us become better readers and comprehend the story.

Writers Workshop- We will continue to learn how to write a personal narrative (A story that really happened to us).

Math Workshop-We will begin learning about place value.

Concepts-We will study the season of fall by reading non-fiction books and discussing weather.

Reminders
*Monday we will go to an assembly to learn about Read-A-Thon. Information is coming home Friday and Monday.
*Tuesday wear your favorite sports team for Read-A-Thon.
*Wednesday wear pajamas to school! You may bring slippers to change into but please wear regular shoes to school. You may also bring in a stuffed animal as along as it fits in your bookbag. :)
*Wednesday is library check out day. Return your books please. :)
*Thursday is picture day and crazy socks day for Read-A-Thon.
*Friday is hat day for Read-A-Thon.

Apples!

This week in:

Readers Workshop-We are leaning and practicing reading our story books like a teacher and using transitional words like next, then, finally, at last, etc...when we turn the page. Our guided reading groups are doing great! Please read with your child each night. :)

Math Workshop-We will practice using a 100's chart and identifying the number before and after (plus one, minus one). We are also using the 100's chart to count on from any given number. For example start at 8 and count on....9,10,11...

Writer's Workshop-We are beginning to learn how to write personal narratives/stories that really happened to us. We are using our sounds in motion to write the sounds we hear/spell phonetically.

Concepts-We will learn about apples. We will learn the parts of an apple, how to grow an apple, why an apple is considered a fruit, and the life cycle of an apple. We will do several stem activities and science experiments!

Reminders
*Our PE teachers have started Jog and Fit club for kindergarten. On Fridays your child comes to school as usual and goes to the star room. If they like they can go out to the track with the PE teachers and walk/run for fun! The students have a yellow foot print with their name and earn a point for every lap they complete. Teachers and 5th grade helpers walk the students to the track if they want to participate. If this is something your child wants to do please come to school early on Fridays. The doors open at 7:15. :)
*Please remember to fill out your child's field trip form, pay online, and return form to school. Our field trip is October 17th.
*Picture day is October 4th. Forms will be sent home soon.
*Our class trip to the Humane Society to read to the animals is scheduled for Thursday, September 27th at 4:00. This is completely optional. :)
*We started assessing our sight words this week. Please review each night with your child. :) They did a great job and we are so proud of them! :)

Color Week!

This week in:

Reader's Workshop:We are reading familiar story books/fairy tales instead of non-fiction books. We will learn to look at the pictures, remember, and read! We will also practice matching what we say to the pictures. Lastly, we will learn to talk like the characters to make the stories come alive and of course make reading more fun!

Writer's Workshop:We will work on practice writing and reading our color words in our color poetry book.

Math Workshop:We will continue our study of counting and cardinality.  We will work on numbers before and after and missing numbers in the 100's chart. We will also look for patterns on the 100's chart and play games!

Concepts:We will study colors! We will have fun mixing colors, discussing primary colors, colors of the rainbow, hues, and much more! We will also learn to recognize our color words quickly and learn to spell them with fun songs!
Monday-wear Red
Tuesday-wear Blue
Wednesday-wear Yellow
Thursday-wear Green
Friday-wear Orange/Purple

Reminders
*Return your child's library book on Wednesday so they can check out a new book.
*Next week is apple week! Please look for a sign up from our room mom. We will need a few extra supplies for some extra fun activities we will be doing. :)

Laura Numeroff Author Study

This week in:

Readers Workshop-We will continue learning how to be a reader! Your child will meet with Mrs. Cannon or myself every day in a small guided group to work on specific reading strategies for them. Each night your child will bring home a new "just right" book in their reading bag. Please let your child read the book to you and return it the next day.

Writer's Workshop-We have learned all our letter sounds with sounds in motion!!! I am soooo proud! Now in writing we are learning that we have the power to write ANY word phonetically!

Math Workshop-We have been counting sets, discussing greater than and less than, using the math symbol for greater than and less than, representing numbers using tally marks and ten frames, and teen numbers, phew! This week we are going to review tally marks by writing them and counting them.

Concepts-We will do an author study on Laura Numeroff. She is the author of the If you give a Mouse a Cookie books! We will discuss characters, setting, problems/solutions, refrains, and compare her books!

Reminders
*Please read with your sweet child every night! :)
*Home work comes home on Mondays and is due the following Monday.

I can't tell you enough how much Mrs. Cannon and I are enjoying this class! They are all so smart and kind!

Our class mantra we say every morning is:
Me: Class
Students: Yes
Me: What's my job?
Students: To teach us and love us!
Me: What's your job?
Students: To learn and love each other!

Have a FANTASTIC weekend!