Students will be learning the following skills throughout the school year: -Name letters and sounds. -Write letters on lined paper. -Read sight words. -Tap out (sound out) and read words. -Tracking print from left to right. -Use a finger to point to words when reading. -Retelling the beginning, middle and end of stories after reading. -Writing sentences using inventive spelling, sight words and punctuation.
We are focusing on our Nonfiction Unit. Students will be exposed and explore text features such as: Table of Contents, Glossary, Index, bold print, headings, and captions in texts in order to enhance understanding of the information presented in texts. Students will listen to a nonfiction text in order to identify and share key details that support the big idea. As readers, we will learn to use our background knowledge to help make connections with the information we read in nonfiction texts.
We are also learning how to read simple CVC words. (For example, c-a-t cat, p-o-t pot...). The students love to be challenged with harder words. (For example, k-i-t-e kite, c-a-p-e cape, t-ea-m team, sh-i-n-e shine...).
Writing: Students are learning: -sentences are made up of words and the first word always starts with a captial letter. -to leave spaces between words and put a period, question mark, or exclamation point at the end of a sentence. -to use inventive spelling to write the sounds of words they know (refer to my inventive spelling page for more details).
Students are practicing to write the numbers 0-20 and beyond. Please help your child write the numbers and the letters we have learned thus far.
Phonemic Awareness: Before children learn to print words, they need to become aware of how sounds create words. Phonemic Awareness includes skills such as rhyming and the ability to recognize and manipulate sounds in words. We teach a 10-minute Phonemic Awareness lesson every day. Please refer to the Phonemic Awareness page on my website. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON RHYMING AND IDENTIFYING THE FIRST/LAST SOUND OF A WORD. PLEASE REVIEW AT HOME. Math: The students will be learning the following skills throughout the school year: -Counting forward and backward between 0-100. -Order and compare numbers from 1-20. -Name 2-D shapes: circle, square, oval, rectangle, rhombus (diamond), triangle & hexagon. -Name 3-D shapes: cube, sphere, cone, & cylinder. -Explore the difference between two-dimensional (flat) and three-dimensional (solid) shapes. -Solve addition and subtraction problems within 10. -Solve addition and subtraction story problems. -Add with pennies and nickels.
Students will be learning: -numbers 0-10 in different configurations -one more/one less with numbers 0-10 -growing patterns -putting numbers in number order -working with number lines for adding and subtracting -comparing & measuring length -counting by fives and ones with money Challenge Question: Ask your child to count by 2's up to 20 or beyond.
Special Schedule: Monday- PE and Library Tuesday- Art and Music Wednesday- PE and Media Center Thursday- PE and Music Friday- PE and Media Center
Ways A Parent Can Help With Reading: Visit your public library regularly. Look for and read together the books that were your favorites when you were a kid.
Important Dates- 1/30- 100 Day of School!!! 2/19- President's Day- No School 3/1- Teacher's Institute- No School 3/4- Casimir Pulaski Day- No School 3/25-4/1- Spring Break- No School
General Information- REMINDERS
-NUMBER OF STUDENTS- Please take note that we have 14 students when sending in treats for birthdays.
-SNACKS- Please remember to send a snack for your child every day. Please send a snack that your child can open independently. Reminder NO NUTS or snacks that need a spoon.
-PLEASE HELP- Please practice the following skills with your child: tying shoes, zipping, snapping and buttoning.
-LUNCH MENU- Please be advised this can be viewed online through the district website.
-FOLDERS- Please empty your child’s folder every night and send it back to school every day.
-VISITORS must have photo ID to enter building.
-GYM SHOES- Please have your child wear gym shoes to school. We don't have a lot of time to change shoes for gym class. GYM DAYS ARE ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS and FRIDAYS.
-LIBRARY BOOKS- Library will be every Monday. Please make sure that the book is always returned by the following Monday, in order for your child to check out another book. The students can store their books in their back pockets of their chairs in the classroom if they want to return it to school before library day.
-PRIZES- Students can earn prizes for a variety of reasons including good behavior. If you have any new or slightly used toys that you would like to donate, we would love to have them.
-FAMILY PROJECT- With Valentine's Day approaching fast, I am asking that each student decorate a shoebox for the Valentine cards. The box needs to have a big enough slot (at least 2" x 6") cut on top for the cards. This makes "mailing" easier. Be as creative as want with the boxes. When you start to do Valentine's cards, please DO NOT put each student's name on the front of the envelope. It will take too long for each student to pass out cards to the correct person. Have your child sign his/her name on the back of the cards and leave the envelopes blank. We have 14 students in class. We will not be having an official party but we will still be doing Valentine activities in our room to celebrate.