The 2011-2012 school year has officially started! Our week was short, with a lot of information presented but our class did a really great job of settling in. This upcoming week will allow us to settle into a routine and begin some subject areas.
A few bits of information:
Please send your child to school with one of their T-shirts (it won't get ruined and will be returned by Friday) and a hanger. You will be able to see why I am making such a strange request on Thursday evening at Curriculum Night.
Binders have been organized so they will be coming home daily with assignment notebooks.
If time allows, could you please write your child's first and last name on their lunch box where it is visible.
Students will have homework every night, which is to read any book of their choice for 20 minutes.
Curriculum night is on Thursday, September 1 at 6:30. I am looking forward to seeing you there! This provides a great opportunity for me to share what the upcoming year will look like for your child.
Math: Does not begin until Thursday, 9/1. For math related information, your child's math teacher will provide this on her blog.
Science/Social Studies: I will be switching off between Social Studies and Science the first trimester to alleviate some of the "transition stress" for your child. On Friday, we had a science experiment, which also tied into reading but our focus will be on social studies this week. We are going to do our best to get through as much of our map/direction unit as time allows.
Reading: At Curriculum Night, I will explain my reading program in more detail. This week, we are going to touch on all of the reading strategies through fun read alouds and activities in a program we coined "Recipe for Success".
Spelling: I will be sending a worksheet home on Monday explaining how spelling is conducted in our room. At Curriculum Night, I will be able to touch on this further. Basically, spelling pretests are on Mondays (this week is lesson one); if students receive 2 or less wrong, they are given a challenge spelling list for homework purposes only. All others will take the post test on Fridays. Challenge list students are required to complete two homework items and non-challenge will complete three.
English: We will begin Daily Oral Language (DOL) this week, but we will also incorporate writing into our other subjects. In addition, we will be working in chapter 1, covering the four types of sentences.
If at any time, you have questions or are feel something is unclear, please do not hesitate to email or call me. I understand this year is a huge transition for you and your child and with change comes stress...I would like to alleviate as much of that stress as possible.
I am looking forward to a very productive, fun, and memorable year!
A few bits of information:
Please send your child to school with one of their T-shirts (it won't get ruined and will be returned by Friday) and a hanger. You will be able to see why I am making such a strange request on Thursday evening at Curriculum Night.
Binders have been organized so they will be coming home daily with assignment notebooks.
If time allows, could you please write your child's first and last name on their lunch box where it is visible.
Students will have homework every night, which is to read any book of their choice for 20 minutes.
Curriculum night is on Thursday, September 1 at 6:30. I am looking forward to seeing you there! This provides a great opportunity for me to share what the upcoming year will look like for your child.
Math: Does not begin until Thursday, 9/1. For math related information, your child's math teacher will provide this on her blog.
Science/Social Studies: I will be switching off between Social Studies and Science the first trimester to alleviate some of the "transition stress" for your child. On Friday, we had a science experiment, which also tied into reading but our focus will be on social studies this week. We are going to do our best to get through as much of our map/direction unit as time allows.
Reading: At Curriculum Night, I will explain my reading program in more detail. This week, we are going to touch on all of the reading strategies through fun read alouds and activities in a program we coined "Recipe for Success".
Spelling: I will be sending a worksheet home on Monday explaining how spelling is conducted in our room. At Curriculum Night, I will be able to touch on this further. Basically, spelling pretests are on Mondays (this week is lesson one); if students receive 2 or less wrong, they are given a challenge spelling list for homework purposes only. All others will take the post test on Fridays. Challenge list students are required to complete two homework items and non-challenge will complete three.
English: We will begin Daily Oral Language (DOL) this week, but we will also incorporate writing into our other subjects. In addition, we will be working in chapter 1, covering the four types of sentences.
If at any time, you have questions or are feel something is unclear, please do not hesitate to email or call me. I understand this year is a huge transition for you and your child and with change comes stress...I would like to alleviate as much of that stress as possible.
I am looking forward to a very productive, fun, and memorable year!
