Hello All!
I hope this email finds you well! Our learning targets for this week are writing, building and identifying 0-5. We are also learning the letter names and sounds for the letters T and A. In class, we have been talking about beginning sounds. When we do this, we sound out words and think about the sounds we hear! The kids are really starting to catch on! It’s so much fun watching their gears turn while they are making connections to reading!!! We have been reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! In science, we are working on observing using our 5 senses. We have also been talking about what scientists do and the different jobs scientists have. Our sight words this week are can and big. We will have another assessment on Friday! J Please make sure to study these with your student! Lots of our kids are already starting to pick out these words in books they are reading!!! They just light up when they realize they know the words!!! I have purchased our homework folders! They will be going home for the first time on Monday! Your student will have a reading log and their first practice reader. Please read this book with them and have them practice reading to you every night. Please record your reading of this book and any others on your reading log. This will be your student’s weekly homework grade. I will check these every Friday. J Also, your child’s library books will begin coming home on Monday if they haven’t already! Open house is on Tuesday from 6-7:15 with a PTO meeting from 5:45-6:00! I am so excited to have families into our learning space! The kids are so proud of everything they have been working on! I know they will be so excited to show off how much they are learning and our different classroom procedures. Our students have been getting so much quicker at getting through the lunch line! Please continue to practice this with your child as you see necessary. As always, thank you so much for your support. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have such wonderful and supportive parents in my room. I am so thankful for you and how involved you are in our classroom. When I am not with your children I am thinking about them! They mean so much to me and I am working hard to ensure they are loving every minute of learning. IF you ever have questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me! I can’t wait to see you all at Open House! Love, Mrs.Cotton
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Here is our weekly update of happenings in our classroom! A few have asked about being volunteers and our sign up is almost ready! I am so excited to have parents that are so excited to help!!! Weekly Focus- In math, we are working on numbers 0-5. Please help your child at home by counting objects and practicing to write those numbers! In English Language Arts, we are focusing on the letters S and M. We are practicing what their names are and what sound they make! In social studies, we are talking about community helpers! We have been reading books, finding pictures and talking about all the jobs that make our communities run so smoothly! Tomorrow our students will be writing about what they want to be when they get older! During our brainstorm today they had so many AWESOME ideas!!! In science, our focus has been 5 senses! We have just skimmed the surface on this topic and will be diving in deep with a popcorn activity next week for fun Friday! Sight Words- The words on blue paper that came home today in your Wednesday folders are your student’s first 2 sight words! They will be tested on both of these words Friday. Each week your student will have 2 or 3 words to add to their sight word stack to practice at home! These words are such an important part of beginning to read. I am dreaming of getting a more sturdy plastic bags for these words and placing their names in vinyl on the bag so it stays with your student the whole year long! If you can, I would be so appreciative of 1 or 2 dollars from each student to make this dream come alive! Lunch Number- If your student is a frequent buyer, I have sent home a lunch number practice sheet. Our lunches will run much smoother and your student will get food much faster if every child knows their lunch number by heart! Thank you so much for helping me on this one! In addition, if your child brings lunch money, our new procedure is taking money directly to the cafeteria in the morning. This is also very helpful in getting our student through the lunch line quickly! Water Bottles- Our water fountains are very far away! I am very nervous about sending student to the water fountains frequently. If you child likes to drink water during the day, I would soooooo appreciate you sending a water bottle that they can open and close independently! As always, if you ever need anything or have questions do not hesitate to email me! Our students are catching on so well to our routines and procedures!!! They even earned a Mr.Potatohead Dance party today!!! I am going to have the “cat party” song stuck in my head all night!!! Until Next Week! :) Mrs.Cotton |