Weekly News and Homework

Weekly News and Homework

 

Here’s a small taste of what we will do this week:

Language Arts: We will learn about and practice writing A words, sing songs and read books about apples, recite our apple poem, stamp our sight words (like, up) and practice spelling them every day, match upper and lower case letters, write in our journals, practice letter formation, sing about letter sounds, write “Me” books, and start our literacy center rotations thanks to our wonderful parent volunteers!

Math: We will explore math manipulatives and review Chapter 1: Sorting and Classifying.  Our first math test will be on Friday!  It will cover everything we have learned so far: top/middle/bottom, in front/behind, over/under/on, left/right, inside/outside, same/different, and sorting by color, size, and shape.  We will also count by 1s, 5s, and10s (to 100!), and graph the weather.

Bible: This week we will continue to learn about Adam and Eve.  We will read the Bible, sing The B-I-B-L-E and Kum Ba Yah, recite 1 John 1:9, and pray together every day. 

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc: We will continue to learn about daytime and nighttime, learn about the parts of our bodies (and sing Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes), taste and compare yellow, green, and red apples, make apple art, talk about positive character traits and what it means to be a good citizen, continue class jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, celebrate the color green, and more!!!

Sharing:  We have a sharing time every Friday during our afternoon meeting.

 

This Week’s Homework:

Please help your child complete a little homework each night until it is complete. 

The following assignments should be completed by Friday:

1.     Phonics page for the letter of the week- A

2.     Handwriting page for the letter of the week- A

3.     2-3 choices from our monthly family activity calendar

4.     Ten minutes (or more!) of reading every night with a parent, guardian, or older sibling, etc.  Reading together every night is VERY important.  Let’s work together to develop a love of books and reading in our children!

Also:

1.    School library books are due every Wednesday (earlier is fine).

2.    This week’s color is GREEN!  If you would like, please dress your child in green this Friday.  We had a blast celebrating yellow last Friday. J

3.    If you would like to practice sight words at home with your child, the words we have learned in class so far are: I, big, red, can, in, it, and we.  This week’s words are like and up.

 

Thank you for checking your child’s take-home/homework folder every night and making sure they get back to school every day.  Please remember to keep the papers in the right-hand pocket at home.

 

Upcoming Events:

Monday, September 23^rd: Chapel 2:25-2:55, parents are welcome to join us in Monschke Hall!  

Friday, September 27^th: Minimum Day (teacher in-service day) Students are dismissed at 12.

Friday, September 27^th: All School Movie Night 7-9pm