Thursday, September 13, 2012

Monday, September 17, 2012


What We Will Learn This Week

Math: We will begin Chapter 3 in our curriculum.  This covers basic subtraction symbols, writing subtraction sentences, and subtracting zero from numbers.
Word Study: We are continuing to study word families.  Please review the following word families with your scholar: -op, -ot, -og.
Literacy Block:  We are continuing to practice literacy station rotations.  We are also finishing our metacognition unit (thinking about our reading).
Writer’s Workshop:  Scholars are continuing to work independently during writer’s workshop to become authors.  Scholars are focusing on adding details to their stories.
Social Studies:  We are finishing up our introductory character-building unit, “The ABC’s of Feelings,” and will begin learning about different genres in our first Core knowledge unit.

Reminders and Notes

Scholars have received a monthly reading log for the remaining weeks in September.  Scholars are expected to read at home with a family member for 30 minutes EACH NIGHT.  These logs will be collected and graded at the end of every month.  The logs are to be kept neatly in the clear page protector in their binder.

During the first quarter, homework will consist of 1 page of aligned math review and 1 page of writing.  This amount will increase in future quarters. 

Please work WITH your scholar on editing their writing each night.  Scholars should be working on at least one of the following skills each night (depending on ability level): labeling pictures, sounding out words, using correct spelling, adding details, capitalizing and using correct punctuation, revising and editing their work.

Should your scholar need to fill out a behavior reflection (if they are on Orange or Red), they must be signed and returned in your scholar’s binder the following day.

A Peek at Our Week

Monday: Music
Tuesday: Gym (wear uniform)
Wednesday: No Special
Thursday: Spanish
Friday: Gym (wear uniform), Prize day

Scholars receive prizes for winning the weekly table point competition and for being on Blue (having 5 green days in a week).  If you can donate small pries for our prize box, we would appreciate it.  Small prizes might include: snacks, juice boxes, fun school supplies, small toys, etc.

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