Two Fisted Penny Addition

Book Orders: Today your child is brining home their first book order catalog. If you would like to order please click on the tab under book orders and follow the prompts to proceed with your order. Our classroom user name is teamwilde and our password is read.
Reading: This week we have begun working with the short i vowel sound. A fun way to practice at home would be to look around the house for things that have the short i sound.
Math: Today we practiced playing a game called Two Fisted Penny Addition. Tonight your child will do this for homework.

Our First Music Video!

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Math: Today the math assessments went home. Each unit has an oral assessment that is given in small groups of about four students each and a written assessment. I will fill out a summary and attach the written assessment for each unit before sending it home. If you notice something on the written assessment that your child got wrong, please go over it with them. These do not need to be corrected and returned. Often I’ll comment on the summary about what skills you could practice with your child. In case you are curious, when we complete the written assessment we do it as a whole group aloud. I say “Put your finger on number one. Number one says… so they want you to …” Then I wait until everyone is finished with that problem before going on to the next. This way students aren’t penalized if they cannot read the directions. I will continue this practice throughout the year.


Wall Words: Please remember to practice these words with your child each week.

Science: We are contiuing our study of rocks. Today the I read a story called "Peter and the Rocks" We discussed the term river rock and the kids practiced sorting their river rocks into different categories.




T-Shirts: Thank you for sending in the 5.50 to cover the cost of your child's t-shirt. We have placed the order and will be expecting the shirts soon.

Wall Words

Here are the words for the week. We also practiced our new poem for the week called "Now That I Can Read"

Our Music Video!

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Class T-Shirts: Please make sure to send the money for your child's class t-shirt on Monday. We want to make sure the shirts are ordered before the FundRun! Thank you for your cooperation.

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Today we began unit 2 in math. This unit focuses on everyday uses of numbers. Today I introduced the number grid. Ask your child about the buzzing fly on our number grid.

Your child will also be bringing home their Unit 2 math packet in their SPORTS BOOK. Be sure to do only the homelinks where the house is colored.

September Work Packets

Today we worked in our September Work Packets. This packet has a calendar, weather graph, tally count, clock work, and math facts. When the kids finish they can work on some "extra" fall activities. A popular activity is the number grid. Some students have already written their numbers up to 100.

Bird Feeders

Today we hung our bird feeders on the tree outside out classroom.

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Reading: Today we read the story "Ten Dogs in the Window." This book focused on the beginning and ending sounds of n, p, and f. We also practiced building our stamina while reading to someone. Be sure to ask your child about how we "Read to Someone."

Math: Today we practiced counting by 2s, and 5s, and writing tallies on our dry erase boards. Your child is bringing home a Unit 1 math review. Please go over this with your child and return to school tomorrow.

Science: Today we observed three different kinds or rocks in water. The kids used great words to describe the rocks, like smooth, rough, hard, bumpy, crystals, and light.

Today we also made bird feeders to hang on the tree outside of our classroom. We are going to watch the birds get ready for fall and winter.

Science News

Today we began an earth science unit. We will be studying rock, one of the most important earth materials. Our investigations will center on the properties and uses of rock in many of its particle sizes-pebbles, gravel, sand, silt, and clay. The children will be working extensively with materials, observing, comparing, and communicating what they learn through their firsthand experiences with earth materials.

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DOL: This week we began our first Daily Oral Language. Your child will bring home this packet on Fridays. Please be aware that the DOL has not been checked. We do these activities together and I am expecting that the kids have the answers correct.

Reading: Today we finished up our week one activity packet. It focused on the beginning and ending sounds of m, s, t, and c. Please look for this in your child's SPORTS book.

Math: Today we practiced writing number stories using our dry erase boards together as a class. Then the kids made a number story of their own.

Social Studies: We are continuing to talk about rules and why they are important for our country and for our classroom. Each child made a page about why rules are important in our classroom for a class book.

Next week we will begin our first Science Unit on Pebbles, Sand and Silt. Look for information in your child's SPORTS book.

Have a great weekend!

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Math: Homelink 1.12
Wall Words: Practice your words tonight

ABC's of Golf

A former parent of mine from Pembroke is also a local author and she provided our entire class with an autographed copy of her book "ABCs of Golf." Please be sure to ask you child about his/her book.

Friendship Salad

Today we made a friendship salad. The salad was filled with fruit and goodies. Each part of the salad had a special meaning:

Big Bowl: What our Classroom Needs
Cantelope: Kind kids helping each other, taking turns, etc.
Grapes: Hard Workers
Strawberries: Sharing Kids
Marshmallows: Kind Words said in the room like please, thank you and I'm sorry
Yogurt: Happiness we feel at school

We decided not to put a rotten banana in our salad becuase a rotten banana could cause trouble in our room, call names, does not share and refuses to do school work.

Happy Constitution Day!

Explorations!

Math: Today we explored with our math manipulatives. We explored with the Geo Boards, Base Ten Blocks, Pattern Blocks, and Cubes. Ask your child about what they made. This is also a great help with the math homework tonight.

Wall Words: Please look for your child's flash card ring in the "Safte Keeping" pouch in their SPORTS book. We will add the new words to the ring each week so you can keep up with practice at home!

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Wall Words: Your child is bringing home their Wall Word Pocket in their SPORTS Book. Please practice the highlighted words with your child this week. Next week we will be adding to the list.

Math: Please do homelink 1.10

Happy Birthday!

Today we celebrated Luc and Grace's Birthday!

Read to Someone

Reading: Today we practiced reading to someone. Ask your child about sitting in the EEKK! position.

Pretzel Math!

Math: Your child is bringing home their Unit 1 math packet tonight. They are required to do the first two Homelinks for homework tonight. Please see the letter attached to the packet for futher information.

Today we practiced making tallies using pretzel sticks.

Bunny Hop!

Math: Today we learned another game using the number line. The kids worked in pairs and tried to get their bunny from his hole to the carrot.





Reading: Today we practiced part 1 of the Daily 5 called Read to Self. The kids have their own book nooks and book boxes where they are practicing reading independently around the room.

Writing: We completed our second journal entry today. We practiced using spaces between our words. Each child made a "Space Man" to help remind them of this.

Monster Squeeze!

Today we played Monster Squeeze! Ask your child how to play!

Mrs. Davenport

Mrs. Davenport came in to read to us today. We learned about "Filling each other's Buckets"

I can Read!

Today we made a little book about the days of the week. We practiced reading it to three friends. Ask your child to read it to you tonight!

Our Classroom Rules!

Here are some pictures of us working on our classroom rules posters.
1. Listen when someone else is talking.
2. Clean up after yourself.
3. Always do your best.
4. Take care of each other's hearts.
5. Raise your hand.