Sept. 24-28

Hello!  What a beautiful week we had here at May Watts!

Language Arts- Our sight word this week was "my"  We finished Jolly Phonics Sound Book 3.  Please practice sounds and actions at home.  We read many books about seasons.  We wrote two responses:  Fall is... and My favorite season is...  We also talked about the 12 months in the year and how they relate to the seasons, weather and holidays.  We worked in partners to make monthly posters showing what happens during that month.

Math-  We continue to practice counting in a variety of forms: line counting, circle counting and scatter counting.  We discussed strategies we can use to make sure we know which items were already counted.  We played a game call "Handful" where you grab a handful of items and count them.  We noticed that when the items were large is size, we could only grab a few.  When the items were smaller, we grabbed more so our number was higher.

Social Studies - Our Cool Tool for the week was "How to Cool Off." We introduced this last week and reinforced it with stories like Mean Soup and videos like Hoppin' Mad.

Notes - Thank you to ALL who brought in donations of supplies!!!!!!! I am so appreciative of the support and everything will be put to good use!

Please make sure you bring library books back on or before Thursday.  Please wear gym shoes on gym day.

If your child has chronically left items at school, know that they have whole class reminders to organize their belongings.  This is an area that would be helpful to work on at home, too!

School pictures are next Thursday, October 4th.  An envelope will come home soon.  You can send money and order in prior to Thursday if you would like.  They must have form at school by Thursday for orders.

The reading incentive calendar for the LMC program is coming home today.  Keep it handy and fill out as you go.  Send it in at the end of the month. The students love to receive the monthly rewards!

If you would like to place a Scholastic order online, please see the order forms in your child's folder.

Thank you! Have a great weekend!