Speech & Language:  This week we will practice the sound of initial /l/.  In honor of Fall, our art project will be leaves on trees and our snack of lemonade will be contributed by Autumn!

Sharing:  The Piglets will share this week.

This week we will meet the dashing Mr. D.  We will practice printing the letter, and the sound of the letter.  We will write in our journals and our rhyming book.  We will play reading games and math games to have some fun while learning!  We will be reading books from our new Benchmark reading series and this week we will be talking about our Five Senses.  Our high frequency sight words are "I" and "have."  In science we will be learning about living vs. non-living things.

This week is purple week!  It is also Picture Day on Tuesday and we are the first class at 8:15.  Please be on time so we can take our pictures right away.

Our schedule this week:

Monday:  Dance, Buddies
Tuesday:  Picture Day, Speech & Language, P.E.
Wednesday:  Art Trek, Yoga, Council, ROOM K COMMITMENT DINNER AT THE ROCKWELL'S!
Thursday:  Purple Day, P.E.
Friday:  Morning Assembly, Planet Bravo,  Homework Review, Sharing, Science,

Thank you for all of the great support in class and for helping your children be great learners!
Mrs. W.

Speech and Language-This week we will practice the sound of initial /f/.  We will make fish bowls and our snack of figs will be provided by Zoe!

Sharing-This week the Eeyores will share.  Many of the children have been doing an excellent job sharing and practicing their oral language skills.  It really helps to give them picture cues for what they practiced saying on the back of the page or on a separate page. 

This is Green Week!  We will wear green on Wednesday this week due to the Thursday holiday.

This week we will meet Mr. C who wears a colossal hat.  We will practice the sound of /c/, how to correctly print the both capital and lower case c as well as complete our Alphabet Journals.  We will also work in our journals, rhyming books and use both movement and music to internalize the letter and sound.

We will begin our Number 5 Book, work in our September Math Journal as well as play math games and use our Stargfall program.

Last week we met Mr. Alex our Planet Bravo teacher, and this Friday we are going to go up to the computer lab for the first time. We are also going on our first science "hike." which for us will be a walk very close to the classroom to begin with.  As the children grow and mature we will venture further away from the classroom.

Next Monday we will be sending home notices letting you know if your child is in jeopardy of receiving a below proficient grade on our upcoming report card.  Most children will receive a notice with an area to work on.  Do not be alarmed, help your child improve by supporting our behavior standards, reviewing work sent home, and helping with homework.  If you have any questions, there is a place on the paper to comment.  All must be signed and returned. Thank you!

Our Schedule this Week:

Monday-Dance, Buddies
Tuesday-Speech & Language, P.E.
Wednesday-Green Day, Art Trek, Yoga, Council
Thursday-Holiday-No School
Friday-Morning Assembly at 8:00 (please be there!), Planet Bravo, Homework Review, Sharing, Science


Thank you all for your support for our Coyote Run.  Don't forget to turn in your pledges!

A big thank you to those of you able to help out in Room K.  It makes learning so much fun and so much more effective in small groups.

Speech & Language:  This week we will practice the sound of final /g/.  We will make flags and our snack of Green Logs (celery) will be contributed by Kaia.

Sharing:  The Tiggers will share this week.

Yellow Day is Thursday!

This week we will meet Mr. B.  We will work in our journals, practice in our Handwriting Without Tears books and write in our Alphabet-Word Journals.  We will work on the number 4, practice patterns, shapes and beginning addition.

Beginning this week on Mondays during the last 1/2 of the day we will have special 4th grade Buddies visit us.  They will read to the children and make crafts, play games and serve as big friends/mentors. 

Thank you all for volunteering in the classroom last week.  We are off to a great start with only a couple of time slots still to fill.  We appreciate you all so much!

Monday:  Dance, Buddies
Tuesday:  Speech & Language, P.E.
Wednesday:  Art, Yoga, Council
Thursday:  Coyote Run, P.E.
Friday:  Planet Bravo, Homework Review, Sharing, Science

Save the Date!  September 27th is our Class Dinner at the Rockwell's (thank you Kelly and Clint!).  This is adults only so line up your sitters now.  I will be there and look forward to getting to know all of you!

Speech & Language-This week we will practice the sound of final /k/.  We will make books and our snack of Milk (soy/almond) and cookies/crackers will be provided by Kaia!

Sharing:  This week the Winnie-the-Pooh group will share.  Remember to check to see what group your child is in under "Groups and Schedules" and check the sharing assignments under the "more" drop-down menu, Monthly Sharing Assignments.  Remember to give your child the opportunity to practice at home so they will be more comfortable in front of the children when they give their sharing presentation.

This week we will begin our Letter People, beginning with Ms. A.  We will learn her song, practice her sound, and write words that begin with the sound of /A/.  We will also work in our Rhyming Books, our Journals, our Alphabet Picture Dictionary in addition to utilizing the Starfall computer program, reading games and our classroom library. 

We will being our September Math Journals and continue to work in our number books, this week, #3.  We will make our Orange book and celebrate by wearing orange on Thursday.

Our schedule is busy and full!

This week be on the lookout for the letter tiles and number cubes coming home on Tuesday, #10 homework as well as the weekly homework (All About Me) due on Friday.  Speech & Language homework will be follow-up to our lesson.  It is a lot to get used to and we appreciate you returning the Book Buddy  every day so we can check in the work.

Remember to please have your child do homework with you at home.  It is interactive parent-child homework and does not always get completed correctly when done during STAR.  Remember to look at the expectations check list to help your child to be successful!  All homework will be reviewed on Fridays.

Thank you to those who have signed up for:

Speech & Language snack assignments
TEP Classroom Volunteers
Room K in class volunteers
Signed up on the class Shutterfly Page

It really helps us stay organized and keep everything running smoothly!  If you have not signed up for any of the above, please take do so this week.  Be sure to attend the parent training meeting if you haven't already, so that you can begin volunteering in the classroom!

As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
~Mrs. Weisberg