This week completes our theme, "Myself, Others and a Caring Community". On Monday we will begin our much anticipated theme all about BEARS! During this theme children are allowed to bring in a stuffed bear of their choice as long as it will sit on the shelf above their cubbies. Please look for the October newsletter that went home Friday for more details. Another important activity starting next week is SPELLING. A spelling packet came home on Friday as well which gives important information regarding our expectations and also includes suggestions for weekly practice at home and most importantly, our first list for next week's test!
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A special TNT visit from our friends!!! |
Spelling
Words- Week #1 September 28-October 5, 2012
Phonics
Skills: short “a” & Phonograms –ap, -at, -ag, -and
1.
can
2.
had
3.
at
4.
as
5.
and
6.
tap
7.
hat
8.
hand
9.
bag
10. sat
Challenge Words
11. bear
12. addends
13. doubles
14. October
“Surprise the Teacher
Word”
15. ??? (This is your
choice)
During our Language Arts time this week we focused on short "o" words, words ending with "ink" and "ick", compound words, sequencing stories, vowels and consonants, elements on a book cover, identifying questions, statements and exclamations, and writing thank you notes.
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| Spy Cave |
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| We'll use these for our spelling tests! |
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| Pets For Life Visitor |
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| Graphing vowels in classmates names |
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| Ginger finding the missing addends |
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| Addie finding the missing number |
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| Noah's and Van's Compound Word Books |
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| Thank you volunteers! |
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| My School is a ZOO! listening center |
Our focus in math this week continues to be addition and subtraction. We worked on learning our doubles. Ask your child about the doubles rap! It can be found on youtube if you search doubles math. We are working on finding missing addends and had the chance to try out 4 different apps on the ipad: Rocket Math, Math Bingo, Math Doodles, and Sticker Sudoku in Computer Lab.
In social studies we read a book called The Gigantic Turnip which shows the lifeskill of cooperation and how important teamwork can be when solving problems.
Hands On Science brought out the GOOP! It's coming home today. Check the backpacks...
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| Getting after it Ella |
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| Andy is loving the slime! |
Celebrating our Names was a terrific way to end the week. Although many of you will be up to your elbows in glue and glitter this weekend because they liked spelling their names in glue so much. Thank you for the cookies. Thank you for the water and napkins and plates. We loved them!!
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| Thank you Miriam Bailey for the cookies |
Parents – You are welcome to join us
for chapel on Wednesday, October 3rd in the ECC Commons. Father Todd will be
giving his final chapel lesson to toddler – second grade students. The children
will also be giving him special handmade cards. Seating will be limited but
there will be standing room available in the hallway. Directly following
chapel, a parent/adult-only reception will be held upstairs in the MPR. Father
Todd has become a very special part of our school and we will miss him
tremendously!
Morning Carpool Reminder From Mrs. Watt
Please do not allow your children to unbuckle themselves and
roam around the car at any time while your vehicle is still moving. This
includes when you are driving at very low speeds in the morning and afternoon
carpool line. Will you also please make sure that all persons who might drive
your children are aware of this request/ expectation.
“The kids come first.
Teachers are a close second, because if anything happens in education,
it happens in a classroom between a teacher and the kid.” Author
Unknown
We had chapel this week and the kids were singing songs of Praise for Miriam --Moses sister.
"Have a Miriam kind of day, a Miriam kind of day. We'' sing, and laugh and praise the Lord...have a Miriam kind of day."
Thank you for your children!
Kathleen Wiedeman and Carey Lorfing
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