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October 17, 2014

Notes~

v Practice writing the upper and lower case letters.

v Practice the syllables each word has by having your child clap them out.

v Practice counting to 20 or even higher!

v Practice writing numbers as high as your child can go.

What We Are Learning~

During our reading time we have been focusing on fire safety and the author Eric Carle.  The students have learned a lot of great things during both of these studies.  We also have been really working on our reading skills.  We are working very hard on the word wall words and looking at the beginning sounds in unknown words we come to while reading books.  Many have been working on beginning readers in our room.  It is great to see their excitement and I hope you are enjoying hearing about these adventures at home.

We have spent the last couple of weeks working very hard on our shapes.  We started out with our 2-D shapes.  These were: rectangle, triangle, square, circle, and hexagon.  We really investigated the sides, vertices, types of lines, and things in real life that make these shapes.  Now we have moved on to 3-D shapes.  We are working on: cone, cylinder, sphere, and cube.  These can be tricky so be sure to discuss these with your child.

We have finished up our lower and upper case handwriting curriculum.  Now we will be utilizing what we have learned as we really get into our Writer’s Workshop time.  We have been learning the basics of Writer’s Workshop currently but will start learning about writing personal narratives in the weeks to come!  Have your child show you their writing skills!

Upcoming Events~

v October 22 – Early Out

v October 23- Early Out-P/T Conferences

v October 27 – Early Out – P/T Conferences

v October 28 – Picture Retakes

v October 30- Halloween Parade 2:30 in gym

v October 31 – No School