Language Arts:  Our sight word was " the." Notice the sight word poems that come home. We practiced reading those all week and raised our thumbs as we heard and read the sight word. 

Our author study this week was Laura Numeroff.  Please find the link to her website on our blog.  We learned about one style of her writing which is a circle story.  There were fun art projects and activities to go with one of her most famous books...If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!  We even went on a cookie hunt and found a delicious surprise waiting for us! 

We are beginning to learn about Daily 5, our management program during guided reading. This week we practiced Read to Self. The students know that the teacher's responsibility is to work with a small group. Their list of responsibilities is much longer. If they follow the expectations, they are being independent. some of the expectations are Eyes on Book, Stay Still, Zero Voices, and Build Stamina. We started reading for 3 minutes and have successfully worked our way to 5 minutes. We will continue to lengthen our time until we reach 15 minutes.

Math:  Numbers and counting have been our main focus.  We played a true/false game comparing a variety of ways a number can be represented.  Example:  True or false...the number 2 equals a picture of a hand with two fingers raised.  True!  True or false...five tally marks equal a domino that show 3 dots and 1 dot.  False!  We graphed whether we liked or did not like mice and math talked.  We practiced numeral writing and number sequencing.


Notes: Thank you to all who could make it to curriculum night. If were unable to attend, please look into your child's backpack where you can find resources and materials. Please look over and let me know if you have any questions. In that stack of papers you might have found the Scholastic online book order.   Ordering books is optional. Thank you for your participation.
The deadline for this month will be Monday, September 24th.  I will be alerted that you placed an order, I will finalize it, and the transaction will take place.

Have a great weekend!