It's been a busy week establishing routines and procedures for our day. I'm so proud of how well everyone has been listening, and how hard they've all been working. This group of children is absolutely fantastic. I'm enjoying them so much!
In our shared reading lessons, we've started to focus on individual letters and sounds. Each day we sing "Hands Up For Letter Sounds" to practice. We find letters in the books we read, and we look for the sight word "the." Several of the children remembered learning that word in preschool! We've learned that there are different types of books--story books and books we can learn things from. We've been "reading" lots of non-fiction books, and marking our favorite parts with sticky notes. Then we share the books with our reading partners. We're learning how reading workshop should look and sound, and we're learning how to study a book carefully from cover to cover. It's OK that we can't read all of the words yet. We're learning how to get a lot of information ("read") the pictures!
During our read aloud times, we've had fun reading The Little School Bus, My Little Sister Ate One Hare, Bark George, The Kissing Hand, and Count the Monkeys, among other books! (I found good read-alouds on YouTube for you to share with your child if you'd like to enjoy some of these books together! Click the links, and don't forget to count them on your Reading Log!)
During Writing Workshop, we've practiced sharpening our pencils, gripping our pencil the right way, using all of the paper we have before we get a new one, and putting our finished pages in our writing folder. We're practicing good habits while we're using our tools!
Look for our "All About the Number 1" booklet to come home in binders today. We're learning how to show numbers in many different ways, including in number and word form, on a ten frame, and on a number line. We're also working on the concept of 0, sorting by color and size, and circles. We know that circles have no sides and no vertices. We know that "vertices" are corners!
We have rule books that we've been working in, and they look like big rulers! That's silly! We've been learning all about good rules to have at school that will keep us safe, and help us learn and have fun. We've talked about raising hands, lining up, eating lunch quietly, going down the slide correctly at recess, and always trying our best. Our rule books will be finished in the next few days, and then you'll be able to see our terrific work!
In other news, we had our first fire drill this afternoon. I was so proud of the Peeps' awesome behavior! They were terrific!
Monday is C Day - P.E. Please have your child wear tennis shoes to school. We won't always have time to change shoes, and this can be problematic.
Tuesday is D Day - P.E./Health. Be sure to wear tennis shoes!
Wednesday is E Day - Library/Technology
Thursday is A Day - Art
Friday is B Day - Music
Friday is also Bus Driver's Day. So if your child is a bus rider, you might have him/her draw a special picture for the bus driver, or find another way to say "thanks!" This is a terrific time of year to build a relationship with your driver!
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Please be sure that you have all beginning of the year forms and LPTO party money ($7) turned in as soon as possible. Thank you! I put extra forms in binders if I don't have a certain one from you.
A Sign-Up-Genius email was sent home on Thursday, so that you can sign up for parties and special events during the year. Please let me know if you did not receive that email.
During the second half of the school year, we will be going on several field trips. If you'd like to be a chaperone, you will need to have a police record check on file. Look for forms to come home in binders, so that you can fill them out if you'd like to chaperone this year. If you don't want to chaperone, or if you have a current police record check on file, there's no need to return this.
Thank you for all you do! Have a wonderful, relaxing weekend!
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