Friday, September 28, 2012

September 28, 2012

READING

          Our story for next week will be Mrs. Brown Went to Town, by Wong Herbert Yee.  This story is about a woman whose farm animal move into her house while she is away.  They have a lot of fun! 
            We will be working on the comprehension strategies of predicting outcomes and connecting and comparing.  Phonics lessons will include the long vowels a and i following a cvce pattern (consonant, vowel, consonant, silent e)  Vocabulary words will be commotion, wearing, delivered, tire, feathers, releases.  High-frequency story words are floor, letter, move, poor and word.  Our grammar lessons will focus on verbs.                                     
                          MATH
                  
            Our next chapter is on number concepts and patterns. We will be learning about ordinal numbers, greater than, less than, odd and even numbers and skip counting.  Please remember to practice flash cards daily.

Science
            We are learning about energy in motion.  We are learning how heat and light are forms of energy and can change matter.   I am asking that your child bring to school 2 packages of 3X5 index cards for science.  We will be using them to write our vocabulary words that we will be learning in each chapter.  Please send this in by Monday, Oct. 1st.



Student  of the Week
Brianna is the Student of the Week!  She likes to draw pictures, jump rope and play with her dog.  Her favorite animal is a dog and her favorite color is red.   When Brianna grows up she wants to be a Teacher.



Parent/Teacher Conferences
On Monday, October 1st at 8:45 a.m. there will be a link sent to you so you can sign up for our Parent/Teacher Conferences. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
October 8th – Columbus Day - No School
October 25th – Early Dismissal at 12:00
October 26th – PTO Family Halloween Party
October 30th – Report cards to home
October 31st – Classroom Halloween Party