Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We spent a lot of time outside enjoying the cooler temperatures.  Room 123 was smelling yummy on Friday! We made applesauce and the children loved it!! So.much.fun!!!! This week promises to be just as busy as last week! Take a look!

Language

We will continue to work on grammar rules: capital letters at the beginning of the sentence, and periods at the end. Our new rule is the names of people and pets always begin with capital letters.     

Reading

Our whole group reading is /a/ as in apple.  We will continue doing lots of apple related things this week.  We will also learn about John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) the “father” of apples.

Please refer to the Word Wall Sheet in the take home folder for this week’s words.

We had a good week of learning our reading work station rotations and the children really seemed to enjoy it.  Everyone has a job whether it’s with me in my group or independently around the room.  This will be our routine for reading each day.

Please continue to send me a note if your child is ready to take an AR test. 

Math

In math we will finish up Chapter 2 and test on it Thursday.  Look for the review sheet to come home Wednesday.  Along with working through the math book we will also work with games and manipulatives  to help build their number sense.  I found this definition of number sense that I thought you may find helpful.

“Number sense refers to a person's general understanding of number and operations along with the ability to use this understanding in flexible ways to make mathematical judgments and to develop useful strategies for solving complex problems.”

I will introduce different games using dominos, dice, decks of cards and other manipulatives.  We will use these activities in groups and then they will be added to our math work stations for future use by the children during math work stations.

Science / Social Studies

We will continue working on our Apples unit and Johnny Appleseed

Reminders

New Policy on Absences

If your child is absent, please call the office at 244-0078 to let the secretary know of the absence or, send me an email letting me know of the absence.  If your phone number is  local you will still get the computer generated phone call alerting you about your child's absence.   If I don’t hear from you I will have to call you during the day asking about the absence.  Our day is quite full and finding that time to make a phone call is going to be difficult. This is a new policy from Montgomery Public Schools.  Thank you for helping me out with this new policy.

Nancy’s Italian Ice will be back Monday SEPTEMBER 26.  Your child will need $1 to purchase a Little Owl.  They are YUMMY!!!

Spirit night at Burger King on September 20th.

Box Tops due September 30th

Room 123 is an amazing place to be each day! I feel so very blessed to work with these precious children.  We are off to a wonderful start! Thank you parents for all your help and encouragement as we begin the exciting journey of First Grade! Please contact me if you have any questions about anything.  I am here to help!

Big Hugs!!