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October 7-11

This week I will be conducting some 1:1 literacy assessments with each student. In order for me to meet with each child individually, we will have a guest teacher on Thursday in our class.  I will be anxious to share the results of these assessments with you at conferences.  

Classroom News

Conferences: Here is the sign up link for conferences.  I look forward to meeting with you! 

Field Trips: The Kindergarten boys and girls are REALLY looking forward to our field trip this week!    At Heckrodt we will learn more about looking closely (like scientists) and this will have a great impact on our writing...I just know it!   Please be sure your child dresses for the weather on Friday; we will be outdoors for the much of the afternoon.  Also, unless you have ordered a lunch through Chartwells, please send your child with a lunch on this day. 

 First graders will have a guest teacher in our classroom on Friday afternoon as I attend the trip with Kindergartners.  Our trip to Piggly Wiggly has been rescheduled for Oct. 16th in the afternoon. 

Word Study: Our letters this week are r, p, j, l, and k.
Kindergarten: I, a, to, the
First Grade: on, like, go, me, my

Writing: This week we will be editing our writing and fancying up our best pieces.  You can look for writing from this unit to come home at the end of the week. You will also be receiving a letter about our next writing unit.  Please help your child get ready by packing a collection in the bag provided.  Thank you!

Researchers Workshop: Kindergartners have been joining Mrs. Hixon's Kindergarten class to interview school helpers and will continue to do so this week.  First graders are learning about different communities and will be starting centers later this week.  In the centers they will explore community helpers, maps, build their own community, and research in books and on iPads.

What's new this week in Kindergarten? 

Math: This week mathematicians will review the shapes circle, square and rectangle.  We will also be playing some fun games and making our own number parades (like the one below) to help us with number order and associating quantity with 1-10.  



Reading: This week we will learn how to book shop this week.  We will be starting a unit that will teach reading habits that are necessary to move into pattern books.  This week we will learn about pointing power, rereading, and the power of pictures in our books.

What's new this week in First Grade? 

Math: Today some red flash cards are coming home.  On the back they show the counting on strategy.  It might be helpful to cut these out and practice at home for fluency.  This week we will move on to subtraction and explore strategies to use.

Reading: Today we are celebrating our great reading habits!  In our next unit we will become reading detectives.  Reading detectives look out for tough words and stop to solve them right away, they look closely to get clues, and they use everything that they know to solve words.  I'm including the two charts from our first unit.  These are habits that they should be using in their books when reading at home too.


Upcoming Events: 

October 11: Kindergarten only Field Trip
October 15 and 17: Conferences for our class only!
October 16: Walking trip to Piggly Wiggly
October 22: Family Night
October 31: Orange and Black Day

Have a great week!
-Samantha

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