The best part of last week was the field trip to the nature center. When you look at the slide show by
clicking here, you can see the curiosity and concentration in the faces of Room 114. The outdoor classroom is quite powerful. Thanks to all the parents that came and made sure the children were well taken care of. The behavior of Room 114 was exemplary so that means we can go on more field trips! Our next field trip is Thursday, October 30 to the pumpkin patch. There is no limit on chaperones for that field trip. Information will come home in October for the pumpkin patch.
Monday is library day so please return the library book for a new one. Monday is also the day for Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00 and to purchase juice and snack. There is something special about a cool treat in the middle of a Monday. Check out the big smiles when we take our Italian Ice outside by
clicking here.
To celebrate the letter Mm on Friday, October 3 (not this Friday...but next Friday), we will have a Mickey/Minnie Mouse day. The children can bring
one item to school that has Mickey Mouse OR Minnie Mouse on it.
Don't send it in this week but next week. I just wanted to give you plenty of notice. Please do not go out and purchase anything new for this. If you need an item just let me know.
Last week in our language arts block, we introduced adjectives to describe nouns. We are working to remember that a noun is a person, animal, place or thing. We are also working hard on hearing the initial sounds (not be able to tell the alphabet letter but the SOUND at the beginning of a word.) Emphasis is also spent on rhyming words. Learning to read is hard work but they children are doing a fantastic job. This week we will be recognizing the letters:
Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz. The high frequency words are :
a, to, have, is (and don't forget:
I, am, the, little.) Since last week was a short week and a field trip, I did not do the best job of teaching
a and
to but I will make up for it this week! There is something to be said for quiet, unexciting weeks.
In math, we are working on the beginning stages of addition. We are working hard at creating different ways to make the number five. Soon we will be adding the numbers 6-10 into our daily workings and discovering all the different combinations to make 10. Every day we build on the knowledge from the day before! This week we will be playing games that help us learn one more and one fewer. Heads up: it is always easier for children to count upwards than backwards so don't be concerned if your child has a difficult time of telling a number that is one less than a certain number. Be sure to use the vocabulary:
the same, greater than, less than, more, fewer.
Our poetry journal included a song last week about our five senses. We learned that good writers can label pictures. So open up your child's poetry journal and check out his/her labeling skills. We have fun going back and reading poems from earlier in the year. There will be two poems this week so don't let the poetry journal sit in back packs next weekend!
On Thursday, I will send home book orders for the month of October. You can order online with the class code of GL88R or return payment and form to school.
The deadline for the book order is Wednesday, October 1. Book orders are optional and come home once a month.
Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. It is hard to believe that according to our calendar knowledge that the Queen of Ten is scheduled to come this week. Thank you for trusting me with your greatest treasure.
Upcoming Events:
9.25: Teacher Treat Day (K and 5th grades - host)
10.1: Book orders are due
10.13: No school for students. It is a teacher in-service day.
10.16: Blount Fall Festival
10.30 Kindergarten field trip to the Pumpkin Patch
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