WOW did September fly by!!!!!!  We are off to a great start in Firstie Land. Homecoming was so precious with all their mums and garters.  These littles were super excited all day. I hope everyone was able to see the parade and enjoy Roughneck Days.

On October 30th we will be doing student led conferences.  This is a day that your sweetie gets to spend 15-20 minutes showing you their work, explaining how our day works, and setting a few goals with you.  This is our first year to try this but I think it’s going to be great for them to actually “own” their learning with you and I involved.  I will be sending a paper home this week with a time on it.  If for some reason this time doesn’t work for you please let me know as soon as possible!  I will try to work with you but we only have the one day and, unless another parent needs a different time, it will be very difficult.

Spelling words for the next two weeks: be, this, from, I, Have, or, by, one, had, not

Phonics:  We have been working on blends and will continue to go over blends this week and then digraphs next week.  (blends are two consonants that work together to make one sound ex.  bl in blue or gr in grape and digraphs are the sh, the, ch, wh)  The kiddos worked very hard on vowel sounds and we will continue to review because vowels are so important to their reading and writing.

Math:  We will continue working on joining sets, strategies that we use and number talks.

Writing:  We are starting our class spooky story for October in whole group.  I am meeting with kiddos throughout the week working on them setting writing goals and working on more details.  They are loving our Writer’s Workshop time.

Science:  As most of you know, we learned about Spiders last week and they LOVED it!  This week we will be learning about Bats and then Owls.  I love teaching science and these kids are soaking it up!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me any time!!!