The countdown is on to the big day - HALLOWEEN!!! I'm sure the students will be very excited as the week nears an end, but we will do our very best to maintain a focused learning environment. You are all invited to come help us decorate haunted gingerbread style houses on Thursday at 2:25. We hope you can make it and look forward to a fun and messy time! This week we will also discuss some important Halloween safety tips. At Eagle we do not dress up in costumes for Halloween, but the students are encouraged to wear orange and black.
Last week we had fun writing "I can" statements. I was so proud of how quickly each one of the students was able to come up with all of the many things they CAN do! Below are pictures of their very special statements. You can also check them out on the bulletin board in our hallway.
On Friday I sent home a list of all of the kindergarten and 1st grade sight words that the students will be responsible for by the end of the year. Please keep these in a safe place and take some time to review them each night. These words are important to practice as they are not words that can be sounded out and are words frequently found in our books. The students have been working hard during guided reading groups. I will continue sending home their reading bags every Friday. Please remember to celebrate your child's reading by having them read to you. These are books that they should be able to read fluently. Also please note that these books must be returned on Monday. I will not be sending home new books until the old books are returned. Thank you for your cooperation! During reader's workshop, we have been practicing retelling stories. We are learning to retell a story with full detail and how to pick out the BIG ideas.
This week our word work will consist of talking about short o word families (-op, -ot, -og, -ock). We will read many short books that focus on these sounds. The students will also work in various word work stations throughout the week to practice.
We are nearing the end of our first writing unit on personal narratives/small moments. In the week ahead, the students will choose one piece from their folder that best showcases all that they have learned throughout the unit. Once a piece has been chosen, they will edit their piece before publishing. This is always a fun time for all of our authors because they love adding color to their illustrations and making a cover. We will showcase these pieces in our classroom library before sending them home.
The students will also take their chapter 2 math test on Monday. I will send these home once they are scored for you to view and sign. Please return them once they are signed. Our next chapter in math will focus on five and ten relationships. The students will learn that numbers to 10 can be represented on a ten-frame, that the number 10 can be broken into parts of the whole in different ways, and a missing part of a whole can be found when the whole and the other part are known. We will do a fun activity learning all about "Friends of 10." This is a short chapter, so we may have another "show me" (test) some time next week.
Last week we continued our seeds unit by learning all about pumpkins. We cut open a real pumpkin and explored pumpkin parts, made our own pumpkin diagrams and learned words like circumference and height. The students used yarn to guess the circumference of our pumpkin. Most of our guesses were either too short or too long. However, we did have to lucky friends whose guess were "just right!!" This week, we will learn all about bats and spiders.
I hope you had a great weekend! As always, thank you for all you do at home to support your child. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
I hope to see you all on Thursday!
Kerry
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