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October 3, 2014

Notes~

v Continue working on the sounds each letter makes

v Practice writing the upper and lower case letters.

v Practice the beginning sounds in words.  Give them a word and have them tell you the first sound.

v Continue to work on rhyming words.

v Practice counting to 20 or even higher!

What We Are Learning~

We have been working very hard in our Daily’s every morning.  We now have all of them in place and do three each morning for 20 minutes.  While the students are doing their Daily’s I am working with small groups on a variety of reading skills.  Some are working on letters, sounds, blending words, word wall words, and reading books.  Keep working hard at home on all these skills.  It will show in the classroom!

In math we finished up our work with positional words.  The students did a very nice job on this unit.  We will still continue to practice these.  Please work hard on right and left, as that is always the hardest one.  J  We now have moved onto our 2-D and 3-D shape unit.  This one is always a lot of fun because it will be very hands on!  Make sure to discuss this with your child!

We have also been very busy in handwriting.  We finished up writing all our capital letters and now have moved onto the lower case.  Please take some time to continue practicing these.  We also have been working very hard on our Writer’s Workshop.  This is a time where we are learning about how to become a writer.  We are starting to use our journal and really working on hearing all the sounds in our words.  It has been a lot of fun!

Upcoming Events~

v October 8- Early Out

v October 13- No School

v October 22 – Early Out- P/T Conferences

v October 23- Early Out

v October 27 – Early Out – P/T Conferences

v October 28 – Picture Retakes