We will be busy!!! We have had some time to adjust to the new routines and expectations and are doing great! On Friday, your child wrote you their first Friday Letter. This is a great way to communicate our experiences in class with you. I ask that you respond in writing to their letter and send it back to school on Monday. The children enjoy reading your responses Monday morning. Please keep in mind, this is an "on-demand" therefore un-edited piece of writing. The goal is for communication and I'm sure you will see such growth in your child's writing as the year progresses!
Tomorrow your child's first Reading Log is due. I ask that they read for at least 20 minutes 5 out of the 7 nights. On the two nights they choose not to read I ask that they write the word "OFF" and you sign each box. These reading logs allow me to see the types of books your child is reading outside of school to help me better understand them as readers.
In Reading Workshop this week we will begin discussing how "Reading is Thinking". Your child will be introduced and will practice the reading strategies making connections, visualizing, and questioning. We will continue to work on our reading goals we made last week, by slowly increasing our silent reading stamina.
In Writing Workshop we will continue Personal Narrative by learning another strategy to gain ideas for true stories as well as developing our writing stamina.
In Math we will wrap up our first topic of Place Value. We'll look at values of numbers, number lines, comparing and ordering numbers to the thousands, and making organized lists in response to word problems. There will be math homework this week on Tuesday and Thursday.
In Language Arts we'll finish common and proper nouns and begin to look at Verbs. Your child's first spelling list will come home this Friday.
In Social Studies we'll look at globes and begin parts of a map.
Thank you for the many responses you have written me about your child. I find great value in them and welcome them still if you have not yet sent one in. I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday night at OPEN HOUSE which begins at 6:00 pm in our classroom.
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