News from Room 4
September 21, 2018
What will be learning next week:
*Language Arts Unit 1: Week 4 β Pets
-Vocabulary: Adorable, Dear (loved very much), Needs, Sensible,
Train (to teach a person or animal to do something)
- Grammar/Conventions: Punctuation (.?!)
-Spelling Words: clip, flip, slip, flag, black, plan, glass, place, win, sit, come, good
- Skill: Sequence of events (Beginning, Middle, End)
Important Notes:
-Send in Apples and Apple Books
Monday Sept 24th-Friday, September 28th, we will celebrate the last week of September by making applesauce. Please send 1-2 apples by next THURSDAY, the more apples we have the more applesauce we can make. We will be graphing the different kinds of apples before peeling, chopping, cooking and then finally eating them. Yummy!
If you have 21 extra plastic spoons or bowls, please send them in for the applesauce. Thanks! Next week we will focus on Johnny Appleseed. If you have any books or apple stuff, send that in as well.
-Email Address
Please let me know if you need anyone else added to our group emails.
-CDC
SSF offers before and after school care. They have great staff that can help with homework, play games, and watch your child from 2:38 until 6:30. Itβs a very flexible program where you can drop in any day or schedule a day out of the week. When you're running late for pickup it's very nice to send your child to a supervised room for fun and games.
-Snacks
Please send in a snack with your child EACH day. A HUGE thank you to the parents who have remembered each day and are packing healthy snacks! You're really using habit #2, keeping the end in mind.... a healthy and happy child!
-Parent Volunteers
Thank you for signing up and we will begin the week of October 8th. NOTE: You must have an up to date TB test to start volunteering.If you have signed up as a weekly volunteer, please look for the mandatory volunteer code of conduct form in your child's folder next week. It should be signed and returned prior to working in the classroom.
If there is any parent who wishes to be a classroom volunteer, but does not have a spot, please email me and let me know. I will find something for you. I want you to be as involved as you would like. I am very flexible and happy to work with you to find a perfect spot.
-Homework
A huge PAT ON THE BACK to all of you! The kids are off to a great start with their weekly homework routines!
As a reminder:
Reading bags go home on Fridays, return them the following Friday. Please sign the white form and indicate if they should keep the same books for another week or move on to new books- please take the time to circle one of these options- if they need another week with the same books, that is OK!!
Also, please note, I start each child at a level or 2 below their independent reading level to build confidence. They get excited as I "move them" to the new leveled bin. Please don't push them to move to "harder" books too quickly. I promise I am watching them closely and I will gently move them along through the levels.
Friday folders go home Fridays and are to be emptied and returned on Mondays!
Thank you so much for your help with keeping this procedure moving along. Keeping track of 18 kids items throughout the week is much simpler if I have it all coming and going at the same time. =)
Habit #3 Put First Things First: Work First, Then Play
Next week we will focus on Habit #3.
Here are a few tips we will be talking about that you can do at home:
-Do you have something important that you always lose, like your favorite toy or your belt? If so, find a place right now were you will always keep that special thing.
-Clean your room really well, and then go show your mom or dad. Watch how happy she or he gets!
-Do you have a place for your homework books? If so, then keep up the good work. If not, ask your mom or dad to help you make a place to keep all your homework.
-Since we have seen how important shoes can be, make sure that you have a good place to put your shoes every night. (We will read a story about shoes on Monday.)
-Talk to your mom or dad about how they take care of their important things.
Habbit #2
We also discussed "reaching our goals" by having a plan. On Friday we met with our big buddies. We each decorated our arms with our plans to reach our individual goals. These are on display on the wall outside of our classrooms.
Garden
STREAM CHALLENGE
Once a month, we take all the first graders into the Stream Lab for an extra STREAM challenge. To kick off our study of Johnny Appleseed, today the kids participated in the Apple Barge Challenge. Their goal was to work with a partner to construct a barge sturdy enough to hold an apple. They all worked hard! Ask them which barges worked! Thank you for joining the PTO. Your funds support the purchases of the materials for these extra STREAM opportunities!
First we learned about what barges are. Then we divided up into partners with Mrs. McPheters' class, gathered our materials and got to work! After, we all came together and tested out all of the finished creations. We discussed what worked, what didn't and what we would do differently if we did it again.
Read to Partner
Fine Motor Snake
Another lost tooth!
Upcoming Events:
-September 28th-Mrs. McPheters and Mrs. Campbell will be attending a math training in Del Mar school district
-October 8th - First day of volunteers!
Sincerely,
Christy Campbell