There is no school for our students on Friday October, 21.  Teachers will be attending CI meetings. Literacy:  Writing:  This week we will begin to review some of last years writing strategies such as stretching and writing words, Spelling the best we can...and moving on, carrying on independently as writers. Spelling:  We will be reviewing the at word family.  This weeks spelling words are: at, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, bat, fat, pat, vat, flat.  * check out the web link "Spellingcity" to find a fun way to learn their spelling words. Hint of the Week: Good readers make sure that what they read makes sense and looks right.  If your child is reading to you and they read The dog was tiny and they should have read The dog was little. Say to them "That makes sense but does it look right?" If they don't correct their mistake, prompt them by covering up the word little (correct word) and say "if it was tiny (what they said) what letter do you expect to see at the beginning of that word? If they say "t" , show them the word.  Tell them to try it again.  These prompts will help them correct their mistakes more effectively. Math:  We have started our unit on Representing Numbers from 1-20 this week. Students are learning to recognize numbers both as numerals and as number words. Example   7  -  seven Check out the web link for number recognition from 1-10 Interm Reports: Please sign and return the bottom part of the report.  Have a great week!      

Literacy: Students will begin guided reading this week.  A note was sent home with your child explaning this further. Hint of the week: When reading with your child, allow them to look at the picture.  This helps them to bring meaning to their story.  Spelling: Students are learning the "ad" word family this week.  Their spelling words are; ad, dad, fad, lad, mad, sad, bad, pad, tad, glad. Math: Students have been working on patterns for the past month.  They are learning about how patterns repeat, name patterns and make the same pattern in different ways, they know this as translate.  Students will be assessed on Thursday on this unit. Book Orders: Book orders are due this Friday, October 7.  Thank you for your support last month.  I was able to buy some books for our classroom library.  Communication Logs: These are new and I will be sending them home each day.  This allows you to see how your child is doing during their school day.  Thanks you for your cooperation and please return this each day with your child.