Sunday Post

Hello families!!

I hope all of your students had a fabulous first week of school.  This coming week will be very exciting!

In math, we are focusing on the Standards of Mathematical Practice.  We will specifically focus on:

#1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
#5 Use appropriate tools strategically
#4 Model with mathematics
#6 Attend to precision 
#3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others 

Ask your student what math tools we have in our classroom.  Ask him/her why we use these math tools. 

In writing, we are focusing on generating writing ideas.  We will discuss adding details and labeling our story illustrations.  Later this week we will begin to write.

Ask you student what they wrote about!

In social studies we are focusing on team work and the similarities/differences among us.  We will work in teams to make a large rainbow using construction paper.  On Friday, we will learn about the Pledge of Allegiance. 

During whole group (read-aloud) we are identifying the role of the author and the illustrator.  We will read wordless books, fiction books and nonfiction books.  

Ask your student to sing the song about the job of the author and the illustrator.  

During word study we will....

-read poems in which we incorporate our names
-identify sounds 
-generate sentences, cut them apart and build the sentences
-identify beginning and ending letters in names
-add student names to the word wall 

 Ask your students about the game "Alphabet Soup" 

During literacy centers we will practice buddy and independent reading!

I am excited for a wonderful week!

I will try to give you a weekly update every Sunday.  If you have any questions or concerns please call or email.  

I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend weather.