What's new in C2?
Think. Innovate. Create. September 12 - 16
Mr. Matt
Curriculum Corner
Literacy
We enjoy kicking off this time of year learning about fairy tales, fables, and ending our time with tall tales and legends. This is especially a hit for all our learners as they gain exposure to new stories or various versions of familiar stories!
We focus in on the following skills:
- Fables- be able to retell (character, setting, beginning, middle, and end) the story and determine the "moral" or lesson learned in the story.
- Folktales- be able to retell the story and determine the overall lesson or message.
- Fairy Tales- compare/contrast the same fairy tale by different authors or from different cultures.
We'll also finish off the month celebrating Johnny Appleseed day on September 26th. Please be on the lookout for a Bloomz invite requesting things needed to make this a fun filled Monday!
Writing & ELA
During writing we continue to work on skills for developing a good narrative. We look at how to focus on a small moment, how to hook your reader, transitional words, and a good ending.
As a community we are able to help your child develop foundational writing skills and grammar by working with them in many ways. Three ways that we work with each child is through, but not limited to:
Writing Conferences: We each take time to conference with each writer and talk through what they are writing about, how to make it better, spellings, sounding words out, adding details, and focus on skills being taught that week. We are going to use a blend of what a majority of them were exposed to in first grade (shared journal) along with teaching them the writing process: brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, publishing. For September and October, we are focusing on narrative writing.
Mentor Sentences: Mentor Sentences takes a sentence from books and focuses on what good authors do and how we can break down the sentence to make our own writing better. This is broken down into a mini lesson each day focusing on a different component: What we notice, parts of speech, how to revise, and how to imitate the sentence. Each week the skill focuses on various parts of speech: Nouns- common, proper, plural, singular, possessive, and contractions. We also pull in what we can with any other part of speech we may notice being used.
Word Sorts: This is a word study breaking down patterns, sounds, and words that don't follow rules.They will work in small groups each day practice the words, sorting the words, writing the words, and playing games with the words. The goal is for them to learn the rule of that particular spelling pattern so that any other new word that fits this pattern will be spelled correctly since your child is learning the RULE not just the WORD.
Math
We continue to focus on various areas of place value through the coming weeks. We'll continue to practice and highlight learning in the following areas:
-Skip count by 5's, 10's, 100's to 100
-Read & write numbers to 1000
-Compare 3 digit numbers
-Count within 1000
Mrs. Davis' Family
Word Work
We Love Grandparents!
Honoring 9/11
Mrs. Steindorff's Family
Our very own Patriots!
Pep Rally
Grandparents Day
Fun in Math Stations
Keep The Quote
September 11th
Miss Whiten's Family
Mystery Reader
We Love Grandparents!!
Place Value Fun
Pep Rally Fun!!
Reading Is Thinking
Mrs. Daniel's Family
Mrs. Franklin and Mrs. Moore's Families
POP! Pursuing Our Passions
We love... our Grandparents!
The Moorelin's!
Projects
The Moorelin Family
We webbed through the word TRAVELl, thought, asked, wondered, waited, and are so excited to announce that our first official project will be on .... SOUND!
How does sound travel, why do animals communicate through different sounds... and the list goes on!
The Moorelin Family
Lunch & Snack Options
Please have conversation with your child on what you will allow them to purchase each day in addition to the hot lunch provided by school.
The current snack store menu is as follows:
Monday: Papa John’s personal pizza-pepperoni or cheese (limited quantity of cheese only)- $4 (beginning next week 9/12)
Wednesday: Chick-fil-A @ lunch (chicken sandwich and/or nuggets) - $3.75 OR COMBO: sandwich, small water, snack - $5.00
Thursday: slushies - $1.25
Friday: Chick-fil-A chicken biscuit @ breakfast - $3
Snacks: $0.75
Large water, Tea, Powerade: $1.25
Yup Milk: $1.50
Juice bottle: $1.00
Sending Money to School
Mark Your Calendar!
Sept. 19: PTSA Cookie Fundraiser Due
Sept. 26: PTSA Cuco's Spirit Night
Sept. 27-30: Spirit Week
27-Camo Day
28-Crazy Hat/Sock Day
29-Favorite Team Day
30-Tacky Day
Oct. 3: Patriot Day
Oct. 10: Parent Conference Day (no school for learners)
Oct. 11-13: PRS Book Fair
Lead Learner Wish Lists
Mrs. Daniel
Mrs. Davis
- Poster board
- Amazon wish list - http://a.co/aXdjQ1y
Mrs. Franklin
- Mrs. Franklin's Amazon Wish List- WISH LIST!
- Post-it note Chart Paper
- Donated Books!
- White Poster Board
Mrs. Moore
- Post-it note Chart Paper
- Colored Cardstock
- Mrs. Moore’s Amazon Wish List- https://amzn.com/w/IEF5B4GF3FJ
Mrs. Steindorff
- Amazon wish list: https://amzn.com/w/3TULHQCAK3N9W
- Post-it note Chart Paper
Mrs. Whiten
- Poster Board
- Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/1QO630RUM8FET/ref=cm_sw_r_em_ip_wl_o_rH8TxbX2NR0ZM
- Post-It Note Chart Paper
- Any books you'd like to donate!