Reminder that Picture Day is Wednesday October 9th!!
**Library books are due every Tuesday!**
We are in full swing now and the students are doing great! They have adjusted well to a full schedule. They really seem to enjoy the WYNN time and working in small literacy groups.
**Just a reminder to read every night with them and check their literacy bags to see if they have an activity or book to practice. Every bag should have sight words in it to practice as well.
ABC Mouse
The class was introduced to ABC Mouse today in computers. I will be sending home a parent sheet with information on how to log in and activate your account.
Phonics
We are working mainly with lowercase letters. Lowercase letters appear much more than uppercase in print, therefore a good grasp of lowercase letters and their phonetic sounds lends itself to reading success.
In Writer's Workshop students are beginning to create multi page stories about topics they have knowledge of. Some examples are their families, pets, sports, school, and different interests. As writers they are learning that pictures need to match their words and that the pages all have to be about the same story. They are also attempting to stretch their words out to try to find multiple sounds.
Starting this week I am asking the students to only use an uppercase letter for the first letter of their name. The rest of their name should be lowercase letters. Some lowercase letters are a little more difficult to form than others so we are really trying to practice our letter formations.
We are beginning Reader's Workshop this week as well. We are making a chart of what "readers" do. We are also exploring the Titles of books and how the pages of a story match the title.
Math
We are working on writing numerals 1-5 and putting them into sequential order. We are also working on the decomposition of numbers by breaking them into 2 parts, thus touching upon number sentences.
Science
We have been working on the Five Senses and are going to begin talking about weather.
Social Studies
We are going to begin learning/reviewing our street address and also our phone numbers. You can help by practicing phone numbers and addresses at home. This is part of our social studies unit, All About Me & My Family.
As always thank you for supporting your child's learning!
