Weekly Update

***LUNCH order forms for the month of October went home Friday. Be sure to fill it out and turn it in ASAP (especially if your child receives free or reduced lunch). Ms. Judi will be submitting the lunch requests prior to October starting.

OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE

Language Arts:

Math:

• Continue with chapter 2
• Students will be able to use 0 to 9 to tell the number of objects
• Students will be able to pair up sets of objects with other sets of the same quantity
• Students will pair up sets of objects one-to-one with other sets of the same quantity

Science:

• Chapter 2: Solve problems
• Students will be able to identify a problem and a design and materials for solving it.
• Students will note that one can draw and plan, create and test solution
• Students will explain that solutions can be shared in different ways
• Students will see different items sink or float and will make a prediction about apples and graph it
• Test: on Chapter 2

Social Studies:

• Unit 3: Lesson 1-What jobs do people do?
• Student will match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of related jobs at the school, in the local community, and from historical accounts

Leadership:

• What is leadership? What do leaders do?

Weekly Update 9/22-26

• 9/22 REACH school board meeting at 7:00 pm
• 9/23 First emergency drill of the year
• Parents please talk to your children about following directions on events like this and how to behave. You may also talk to them about the duck and cover process and another other information you feel your child may need to stay calm on this date and future drills.Thank you.
• 9/25 Awards assemblies (*those students receiving an award will be notified)
• Tk/K 8:00-8:45 am
• 1st/2nd 8:45-9:30 am
• 3rd/4th 9:30-10:15 am
• Lunch
• Our school will now have children input their lunch numbers on a key pad when receiving breakfast or  hot lunch. Please practice with your child at home. I will be sending home a copy of the keypad with their lunch numbers in next week's homework packet. Please keep at home to practice daily (this will help lines go by faster). Thank you!
• PTO (more information  will be in student's homework this week)

Language Arts

• Unit 1-Week 3-"Plaidypus Lost"
• Content Knowledge: Families Living, Working, and Playing Together
• Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds
• Letter Recognition: Oo
• Comprehension Skill: Sequence
• Handwriting: O and o
• Listening and Speaking: Rhyme and Rhythm
• High Frequency Words: the, little
• Words to talk about (amazing words): platypus, around, lost, found, market and groceries
• Test: Weekly test-Comprehension-sequence also writing samples (student are given a prompt and asked to write and illustrate about it)

Math

• Chapter 2-Numbers 0-9
• Students will be able to count from 1 to 6.
• Students will be able to count from 1 to 7
• Students will be able to count from 1 to 8
• Students will be able to use 0 to 9 to tell the number of objects
• Students will be able to pair up sets of objects with other sets of the same quantity.

Science

• We will also be learning about apples all week long in honor of Johnny Appleseed celebration on Friday. We will be making apple sauce in our class on Thursday. I will refrigerate it and serve it on Friday. If you would like to donate green apples for the apple sauce, please drop off by Wednesday. Thank you

Social Studies

• Unit 1-Lesson 3: What can we learn from stories?
• Student will know beliefs and related behaviors of characters in stories from times past and understand the consequences of the characters' actions
• Leadership: Complete and turn in all of your work

Weekly Update

Language Arts-

• Story:"We are so proud"
• Content Knowledge: Working and Playing Together at School
• Phonological Awareness: Syllables
• Comprehension Skill: Setting
• HFW: I, am
• Amazing words: proud, preparation, cooperation, creation, float and guide
• Testing
• Comprehension skill: setting
• HFW and letters

Math-

• Continue with Chapter 1: Numbers 1-5
• Not the same but different: All about 3
• Why is this different? All about 4
• All about 5
• spotting small differences
• Testing: Numbers 1-5

Science-

• Continue with Chapter 1: The nature of science
• Students will tell how to use tools to and collect data
• Students will identify how using tools and following rules help children stay safe in science class
• Student will be able to follow directions to create correct mixture
• Testing: Chapter 1-Nature of Science

Social Studies-

• Unit 1: Lesson 2-Who are good citizens?
• Student will be bale to learn examples of honesty, courage, world history from stories and folklore.
• Testing: Who are good citizens?

Leadership-

• Respecting others

Weekly Update

Language Arts:

• Story of the week: The little school bus
• Phonological Awareness: Rhyming Words
• Letter Recognition:A-E
• Comprehension Skill: Character
• Beginning sounds of words
• High Frequency Words (HFW-aka "sight words"): I, am
• Amazing words: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth
• Students will be tested on Friday on Comprehension skill: Character

Math:

• Students this week will be able to:
• count groups of 1 and 2.
• write the numerals 1 and 2.
• match and sort.
• look for sameness.
• understand not the same

Science:

• Chapter 1: The Nature of Science
• Students will be able to:
• tell about working together to ask and answer questions.
• explain how we observe by using the senses.
• tell that children can learn together as they conduct fair tests.

Social Studies/Leadership:

• Unit 1-Lesson 1: Why do we follow the rules?
• Student will be bale to follow rules, such as sharing and taking turns and know the consequences of breaking them

Upcoming Events for this Week

• Monday 9/8 - PTO Meeting 3:30pm-4:30pm (PTO meets the 2nd Mon. of every month)
• Wednesday 9/10 - Coffee with the Director 8:30am in the MPR (meets the 2nd Wed. of every month)
• Wednesday 9/10 - 100 Mile Club Begins 1:15pm (every Wednesday)
• Thursday 9/11 - Back To School Night 6:00pm-7:00pm (Three 20 minute sessions)
• Friday 9/12 - Family Lunch 11:00pm-11:30pm (Don't forget to sign in)