***Please be sure to read Ms. Pippin's Wildcat Weekly for information about what is going on in the school!**

*Please read to the bottom of the newsletter for our schedules.
Please have your child wear tennis shoes daily.  On your child's PE day and every Friday for the alternating schedule of PE your child must wear tennis shoes.  Thank you!* 

Reminder: School starts at 7:25am, when the bell rings.  If your child eats breakfast at school, please give him/her enough time to eat before the bell rings at 7:25am.   

Family Time - Leader in Me-Learning to Lead Self

This week we will begin working on recognizing and naming emotions.  At home, when your child is feeling big emotions, discuss with them how they are feeling and encourage them to do some deep breathing or push pull dangle to help them regulate their big emotions.

Fundations (Phonics) - Unit 3 Digraphs (ch, sh, wh, th, and -ck)

This week we will begin an introduction of digraphs.  These letter combinations work together to make one sound.  Students will get digraph words to add to their baggies of flashcards.  Practice tapping, spelling, and writing these words at home.  Please leave the bag of words in their backpacks to use at school each day as well. We will have the unit 3 test on Friday, September 26.

Phonemic Awareness -  Week 6

Rhyming words, beginning sounds, ending sounds.  

Practice questions

-"What number rhymes with late?"  Eight

-"What SOUND does the word fell start with?"  /f/

-"Say hat.  (fell).  Say hat but don't say /h/."  at

-"Say bake. (bake).  Say bake but change the /b/ to a /t/."  take

-"What SOUND do you hear at the end of land?"  /d/

-"Say fine. (fine).  Say fine but don't say /f/."  ine

-"Say took.  (took).  Say took but change the /t/ to a /l/."  look

Reading - Module 1 Unit 3:  Tools and Work

This week we are working on creating our own magnificent thing for the classroom.  Students have learned about tools and habits of character, so we will apply what we have learned to collaborate with teammates to plan, create, and revise our creations.  The students will have so much fun getting to be creative and work together.

Math -  Module 1 

We are working on counting, adding, and comparing numbers within 20.  Students are using manipulatives and drawings to build a conceptual understanding before moving into fluently adding and comparing numbers.  We have started strategies for adding numbers such as counting on, the commutative property, counting by 2s, and doubles (3+3, 4+4, 5+5).  This week, focus on +1 and +0 with your child in conversation.  "You have 5 carrots on your plate.  If I add one more carrot to your plate, how many are on there?" or "There are 4 red Skittles in your hand.  I have zero red Skittles in my hand.  How many red Skittles do we have together?"

Thank you for your partnership between home and school!  We look forward to working with you this school year!