Weekly Newsletter
Sept 16-20
Conferences: Parent Conference Day is October 14th. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up. I am looking forward to sharing all of the amazing things your child is learning. If you have not signed up for a date yet, please do so on the conference sign up at your earliest convenience. We have several dates and times outside of October 14th to make sure we have a time that works for you! A parent conference form went home in your child's Tuesday folder this week. Please complete and return at your earliest convenience so that I may prepare for our meeting! Under the “P” section (parent) of “Areas of Strength”, place a check mark by 3 areas that best describe your child. Under the “P” section of “Areas of Improvement”, place a check mark by 3 areas that need strengthening. Thank you for providing your input.
Volunteer Application: If you plan to be a volunteer on campus, go on a field trip, help in the classroom, or work with students, it is required that you first complete this volunteer application AND receive approval. Please go ahead and complete it now. Generally it takes about 3 days to process, but during busy times it can take up to a week. If you completed an application last year, you will still need to complete a new one for the current school year.
Grading: Weekly assessments are now underway. While number and letter grades do not appear on the second grade report card, it is helpful to see where your child is in regards to skill retention and mastery. Remember that all work that has a check minus or grade below a 70, needs to be signed, corrected and returned in the Tuesday folder on Wednesday morning.
Homework: Nightly reading BINGO has begun. We hope your child finds the nightly activities a great motivator to read each day. Remember that only one square can be dated and initialed each night. September reading BINGO will be due Monday, September 30.
Spelling Tests: Our first spelling test went great! Students were given next week’s spelling words in their planner today to prepare for next week’s test. Please make sure you are practicing spelling words at home to prepare for Friday’s test. Students are also given a sentence to write. This skill shows comprehension of previously spelled words rather than memorization of words for just that weekly test. As the school year progresses, the sentences will become longer and students will need to identify parts of speech. For now, students are graded on capitalization, punctuation, and correct spelling. The 10 spelling words and the sentence are added together for a total score. Students are also given a challenge to spell each week but are not penalized for misspelled challenge words.
Spelling Words;
call
tell
she
black
took
off
full
will
pick
pull
Star of the Week:
Star of the Week will begin the week of next week! Each week, we will have a new classmate that we get to focus on and get to know more about. Each day, the students will bring/share with the class something that tells us more about who they are. To find more about each daily activity click on the Star of the Week tab on our class website. Our first Star of the Week will be Petra. We can't wait to learn about our classmate and friend!
Here is a reminder of what each day will be:
Monday—6 favorite pictures
Tuesday - Sharing Sack (4 favorite items that must be able to fit in backpack)
Wednesday—Letter from Parent (special things about your child, favorite memories, or words of encouragement)
Thursday—Lunch with parent
Friday- The class presents the student with a friendship poster
If one of the days does not work for you, please let me know and we can arrange a schedule that works for both of us.
This week's curriculum:
Language Arts:
Identifying and using our schema
Making inferences in a text
Verbs
Floss rule (1 syllable short vowel words that end in ff, ll, ss, zz ex. dress, off, buzz)
Using the writing process for a personal narrative
Punctuation and capitalization
Math:
Tally Marks
Comparing Numbers
Missing and Ordering Numbers
Even/Odd
Skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s
Graphing
Social Studies:
Citizenship
Science:
Properties of Matter
September 26 - Kona Ice Day
October 2 - Walk and Ride To School Day
October 2 - Watch DOG Info Night
October 3 - Student Holiday/No School
October 4 - Staff/Student Holiday/ No School