Hi,
We had a busy but fun week! Your kids have been earning individual classroom tickets for showing good behavior (self-control, following directions, working extra hard, etc...) and many have been choosing to use their tickets by bringing in a pet to share. We have seen Sophie's dog, Cayge's dog, Madi's hamster, Morgan's kitten, and Ethan's puppy. We also have a new addition to our classroom. Albert, the hermit crab is now living with us. Madi brought in three other hermit crabs for us as well. It has been quite exciting!
It was so wonderful to see so many grandparents here today. Thanks so much for sharing in your grandchild's education!
Here was our week:
Reading: We read some nonfiction books and magazines and practiced using comprehension strategies. We asked questions and recorded them, we discussed different visual and text features in nonfiction (photos, captions, glossary, table of contents, maps, diagrams, etc...) and how they helped us learn and we noticed words that we said in our head when we learned something new. Some of these words were wow..., I never knew..., yikes..., It's interesting that... then we wrote down the fact or new information that followed. We read some magazine articles independently to practice. Next week we will be studying some picture books by Patricia Polacco and her autobiography to see how she uses stories from her life in her books. We will also look at some other biographies.
Writing: We are working on gathering entries for personal narratives. We wrote about special people, important places, and significant objects. We are continuing to write with details, sensory words, and strong word choice to help the reader get a picture in their head while we read. We will be choosing an entry soon to publish. Lots of interesting writing is going on!
Math: In math we continued to work with place value and some word problems with addition and subtraction. We will always work on problem solving and next week we will focus on some multiplication.
Social Studies: We continued to learn about places in Texas and the four regions of Texas. We are finishing up a postcard project about our favorite regions. Next week we will be making a giant Texas poster and decorating it to identify the regions, cities, rivers, mountains, and resources. It will be a lot of fun and very educational!
Our Service Club organized the donations for the wildfire victims this afternoon. Our school collected 975 items! Wow! Thank you for being so generous!
We will talk on Monday again about 9/11. Share your stories of what you were doing with your child.
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, September 13-Service Club Meeting from 2:45-4:00pm
Wednesday, September 14- Early Release Day-12:45
Friday, September 16-Robotics Applications are due to Mrs. Ginapp
Monday, September 26-Friday, September 30-Education Go Get It Week
Monday, October 10-Student Holiday
Tuesday, October 11-PTA meeting at 6:30 pm
Have a great weekend! Thank you for sharing your children with me. Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions.
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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