Wow! Can you believe last week was our first "full" week
of school! It was busy so I'm sure your children were exhausted! Now that we are
fully involved in learning remember your children are working hard at school
every day! According to WebMD children 6-7 years old need between 10-11 hours
of sleep. So, if they are waking up at 6:30am bedtime needs to be around 7:30pm. This will
help your child be refreshed and ready to learn each day!
Reminders:
Monday (9/18): Daily folders started coming home.
Return every morning!
Tuesday (9/19): Tuesday folders will come home
Wednesday (9/20): No Library this week
Thursday (9/21): Riata Round Up @ 5:30pm
Friday (9/22):
This week in Writing Workshop...
We will begin learning about the writing process. The process involves
planning a story, sketching our ideas, writing words to match. We already know that
a writer's work is never done. When we think we are done we can go back to reread our
story as we add to the words and add to the pictures. We will begin the
discussion on publishing our pieces as well. It's going to be an exciting week for
our young writers.
This week in Math...
We will continue learning about the tens and ones place in a
number. We will also work toward
becoming more comfortable with Problem Solving. We will learn the routines we use as
problem solvers so we can become more independent and use the strategies we
learn to solve problems.
We will include practice with comparing and ordering numbers this
week as well. We will wrap up our week with data collection and learning about
Picture and Bar Graphs.
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will begin thinking about what readers do as they read. We will practice
getting our minds ready for reading, taking a walk through the pictures and
activating our prior knowledge. All of these strategies will help our young readers
comprehend the stories they read and form a deeper love of reading!
This week in Social Studies...
We will continue our PBL project, Coins for Classrooms. This is when we will
get into the "meat" of the project. We will discuss the reasons why we
help others and how we can help. We will research and learn about
hurricanes, coins and helping others. We will continue to collect coins in
the mornings. If your child can help please sign them up! If they come to the
classroom in the morning I can get them situated at our collection point.
This week in Science...
We will begin unit 3 in Science this week. We will learn about
Changes from Heat. We will focus on the question, What happens to
different materials when they are heated? We will observe what
happens to crayons when they are heated. We will also observe what happens to
drink mix (kool-aid) when we remove heat by putting them in the freezer. This will be an
edible experiment. Please let me know if you would prefer that your child not eat
the homemade Popsicle.
Technology…
This past Thursday, we had our first turn with the ipads! The kids loved it! We explored an app called Sock Puppets. In this app, the students got to choose their
sock puppet, create their background, and even record their voice. It was so cool! We will use different forms of technology
over the course of the year to help us with our learning.
This week’s Life Skill is Caring! We will think about how we care for
others through mutual respect and active listening! Our Tribe Circle will focus
on how we have cared for others this week!
That's all for now! Have a great week!
Dates to
Remember:
Sept 21st- Riata Round-Up @ 5:30 pm
Oct 4th- International Bike and Walk to school Day
Oct 9th- No school for students -Parent Teacher conferences
Oct 10th- No school for students
Oct 19th- International Night
Oct 20th- Skate Night @ 6 pm
Oct 23-27th- Red Ribbon Week
Nov 20-24th- Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 21st- Last day of classes
Dec 22-Jan 8th- Winter break
Jan 9th- Students return to School
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