September 8-12th 2014

Thank you parents and family members for attending the curriculum night on Monday. If you were unable to attend, hopefully you had a chance to read the information sent home with your child. If you have any questions regarding these documents please contact me. 
The Elizabeth Ide Literacy night team has created a sign up for anyone interested in attending this family literacy night. The students will lead their parents through different stations of daily 5 throughout the building. Click here to sign up.
Here is a week in review.

PhonicsOur sounds of the week: /i/ and /p/Sounds we know: /s/, /a/ and /t/.

 Popcorn Words This week we learned: I and itWords we know: a, I, itIn class we practiced our popcorn words this week by reading and finding them in our weekly readers/other books, We searched for the word on the ipad. We also used the word in (verbal) sentences and practiced writing the words.

HandwritingIn handwriting this week we practiced diagonal and curved lines. We are finished practicing lines and will begin working on our formal letters next week. We start with the letter Ll.

Reading

During our reading time we read the book My Friends by Taro Gomi. We learned the vocabulary words creature, imitate, companion, and explore. The story was about a girl who learns how to do different actions from her friends the animals. We discussed things we have learned from our friends.

In daily 5 we continued practicing read to self. We made it to 10 minutes today (Friday September 12th). We were introduce to listening to reading by using a CD player, book and response sheet. We made a new chart for listen to reading. This is what it will look like in our classroom.

- We will use our listening ears.
- Silent mouths
- Hands and feet to ourselves
- Be respectful to the book
- Don't be a bug to your friends (class favorite)
- Look at the pictures and words
- Get started right away
- Clean up when the book is over

Math

This week in math were finished our first topic in math. We have been practicing reading, writing, and counting the numbers 4 and 5 with review of numbers 1,2, and 3. In our math centers we have been working with our math manipulative again (but different ones). During this time it was free exploration of the math tools at our centers. Many of us unknowingly were practicing math skills like sorting, matching, counting, patterning, etc.

Important Reminders
Last day to sign up for Daily 5 Literacy Night at Ide September 24th
Half Day September 25th
Scholastic book orders are due September 26th. 

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