Off and running...

We have been learning new routines and expectations. There are many exciting things happening this week in all subjects!

Reading: We will be setting up our reading community and getting to know each other as readers.

Writing: We begin personal narratives by finding ideas through various strategies.

Math: We will learn the various ways to represent numbers to the 1,000s. In addition, on Fridays in September we will also have lessons on telling time. A letter will be coming home early this week about practicing addition and subtraction math facts and math fact quizzes. Please read this information carefully.

Spelling: I am using a list of district priority words to pretest each student on the words that must be spelled correctly by the end of third grade. Your child's first spelling list will be coming home this Friday. Spelling lists will come home every Friday, with spelling reviews (tests) on Thursdays.

Language Arts: We will begin discussing nouns and learning about common and proper nouns.

Social Studies: This week we'll investigate where in the world our seven continents and four oceans are.

Steno Pads and Take Home Folders:
Beginning on Monday, your child will be bringing home an assignment notebook. Each day after lunch, we will write down our assignment, explicitly explain assignments, and put any materials in our take home folders. The take home folder and assignment notebook are required to go home and come back to school each day. I ask that you initial or sign next to the "X" in your child's steno pad. By signing or initialing, you are indicating to me that you saw the notebook and know what the assignment was. Please look for this each day!
Feel free to jot any notes to me in the assignment book, however, please do not write early dismissal or change in routine notes that need to go down to the office. Those notes should be written on separate paper.