We had such a great week, and the students maintained such a great attitude while I threw challenge after challenge at them! We started Rocket Math this week, which is a great tool to improve automaticity in math facts, as well as learning how to interact with partners and kindly correct others mistakes.
We also took our first round of MAP testing on computers this week, which this teacher was a little nervous for (30 students, 30 laptops, 2 teachers...it just wasn't adding up for me). BUT WE DID IT! The students did great, and I am looking forward to getting a chance to analyze the results next week!
Announcements:
Friday Folder: Today your students are coming home with a manila folder in their red folder. The manila folder is labeled "Friday Folder". Please review the items in the folder and sign the back page of the folder. Some students need to make corrections on their math test, I have stapled a message to their tests if that's the case.
Grandparents Day: We are excited to invite and honor the amazing grandparents in our students lives. We are inviting them to our first assembly of the year! Please use this link to sign up and let us know who in your family is able to join us! We will also be sending home invitations for your child to give or mail to their grandparents on Monday.
DIBELS: This coming week and the next week, I will be pulling students aside one by one to have them read to me! I LOVE this one on one time with the students, I will also be communicating out to my results on your sweetie.
Tutoring: I will begin tutoring the week of September 5 in both reading and math. Tutoring will be on an invitation only basis, as I hope to keep the student to teacher ratios very low. If I feel that your child is a candidate for tutoring I will reach out to you with day and time options.
Here is a look at our learning this week:
Language arts:
Poetry the students will recited Bed in Summer in front of the class this week! We practiced all week, and I was so excited to see that quite a few students made this their own! They have added hand motions and emphasize certain lines, I can't wait to hear the recitations again this week! On Monday in you child's red folder you will receive our next recitation: Something Told by the Wild Geese by Rachel Field. Please start to work on memorizing stanza 1 with your child this week!
Literature: We will continue to read Charlotte's Web chapters 10-12 this week. We will talk about what character traits make a good friend, and identify friendships in our lives that have virtuous character traits! We will create a "class web" by throwing a ball of yarn to a classmate while telling them why they are such a great friend!
Spalding: Please continue to practice phonograms and handing writing at home with your child (3-5 minutes of phonogram practice each evening is a great goal). Handwriting is looking great! Thank you for your diligent support with it!
Math: This week students will review addition and subtraction of one digit numbers using mental math strategies. We will also explore word problems, and work on mental math where renaming occurs. Please help your child "visualize" math by asking them their math facts in the car and encouraging them not to use their fingers. Talk about "breaking apart" the number, for example; eight can be broken down in to 5 and 3, or 6 and 2. In the problem 4 + 8 we will talk to the students about breaking down 8 into something that can help the 4 make 10, so now our new problem is 10+2.
History: We are traveling to South America is history this week! We are going to learn about Simon Bolivar, and why is was so important to the people of South America. We will learn about life in the central Andes and discuss how it is different from lifestyles in other places. The students will locate and describe the four countries that make up the southern cone.
Science: Next week we will conclude our unit on seasons of the year. Be sure to ask your young scientist about "The Reasons for the Seasons" and see if they can tell you more about the tilt of planet earth! We will explore more closely the affect each season has on our weather, humans, animals, and planets!
Poetry the students will recited Bed in Summer in front of the class this week! We practiced all week, and I was so excited to see that quite a few students made this their own! They have added hand motions and emphasize certain lines, I can't wait to hear the recitations again this week! On Monday in you child's red folder you will receive our next recitation: Something Told by the Wild Geese by Rachel Field. Please start to work on memorizing stanza 1 with your child this week!
Literature: We will continue to read Charlotte's Web chapters 10-12 this week. We will talk about what character traits make a good friend, and identify friendships in our lives that have virtuous character traits! We will create a "class web" by throwing a ball of yarn to a classmate while telling them why they are such a great friend!
Spalding: Please continue to practice phonograms and handing writing at home with your child (3-5 minutes of phonogram practice each evening is a great goal). Handwriting is looking great! Thank you for your diligent support with it!
Math: This week students will review addition and subtraction of one digit numbers using mental math strategies. We will also explore word problems, and work on mental math where renaming occurs. Please help your child "visualize" math by asking them their math facts in the car and encouraging them not to use their fingers. Talk about "breaking apart" the number, for example; eight can be broken down in to 5 and 3, or 6 and 2. In the problem 4 + 8 we will talk to the students about breaking down 8 into something that can help the 4 make 10, so now our new problem is 10+2.
History: We are traveling to South America is history this week! We are going to learn about Simon Bolivar, and why is was so important to the people of South America. We will learn about life in the central Andes and discuss how it is different from lifestyles in other places. The students will locate and describe the four countries that make up the southern cone.
Science: Next week we will conclude our unit on seasons of the year. Be sure to ask your young scientist about "The Reasons for the Seasons" and see if they can tell you more about the tilt of planet earth! We will explore more closely the affect each season has on our weather, humans, animals, and planets!
