Happy Sunday!

I'm so happy that almost all of you made it to Back to School Night. I appreciate you investing the time to see what your children will be doing. Success is a team effort and you play a very large role. As you could probably tell, I don't like presenting in front of adults, but hopefully you got a general idea of how my class runs. Friday morning I asked Ms. Peoples the question about siblings and walking/biking after school, and I'm waiting on an answer. I'll ask her again tomorrow if I don't hear back, so stay tuned. 

Tomorrow  (and Tuesday) we have PE with Coach Brett. Please have your child wear appropriate clothing and athletic shoes (no crocs, ballet flats, boots, etc.) and make sure they have a full water bottle. 

Thank you to the many parents who have offered to help in our class this year. If you will be volunteering during reading rotations, library, innovation station, art, and/or even on field trips, please fill out the confidentiality form on this link and make sure your TB information is up to date. Nobody will be allowed to work with the children unless they have the proper paperwork completed. 

This week the kids will begin working in small groups with an aide as I continue to teach them the independent work behaviors and expectations. Next week, I plan to start my reading groups.  I'll provide more details next weekend. 

Academic Focuses:

Language arts:

short a

syllables

number words 

continue reteaching proper letter placement, size, shape (t, c, a, r, l) AND having them incorporate each letter sound into words

Math:

lesson 1: number partners of 10

Science/Social Studies:

building a classroom community (rules, responsibilities, expectations, routines)

big problems/little problems

Upcoming Dates:

•        Monday, September 7th: Labor Day (no school)

•       Tuesday, September 8th: Picture Day

•      Monday/Tuesday, September 21st/22th: Fall Recess (no school)