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 S words, sing songs and read books about snakes, spiders, and Silly Sally, recite our Star Light poem, stamp our sight words (find, a) and practice spelling them every day, write upper and lower case letters, write in our journals, sing about letter sounds, make S books, and continue our literacy center rotations.

Math: This week we will begin Chapter 2: Patterns.  We will identify, copy, and extend rhythm, movement, color, and shape patterns.  We will also count by 1s, 5s, and10s (to 100!), work with tally marks, and graph the weather.

Bible: This week we will learn about Cain and Abel.  We will read the Bible, sing Oh, Be Careful and Whisper a Prayer, recite Ephesians 6:1, and pray together every day.  We will attend Chapel Monday, September 23^rd from 2:25 to 2:55.  Parents are welcome to join us in Monschke Hall!  

Science, Social Studies, Art, and Misc: We will learn about symbols, continue to learn about the parts of our bodies (and sing Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes) and how people grow and change, talk about positive character traits, continue class jobs, attend art class, music class, library, computer lab, and PE, explore the classroom during choice time, celebrate the color blue, 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- Ss

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

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 BLUE!  If you would like, please dress your child in blue this Friday.  We had a blast celebrating green 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, like, and up.  This week’s words are a and find.

 

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

Monday, October 7^th: Chapel 2:25-2:55, parents are welcome to join us in Monschke Hall!