Look into the week 9/12-9/16

Good morning parents and guardians, 

Once again what a great week! I am so proud of my kiddos and how far they have come in just two weeks. We began centers and the class did amazing, working the entire time (while our classical music was on) and using their whisper voices to talk to their partners! Also, during journal time the class worked quietly for 7 minutes! Our class goal is 12 minutes, so we are closely building our stamina to reach this goal. 
 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Sept News Letter:Newsletter

Here is a look into our week
-This week we will begin our benchmark exam (STAR early literacy).
-We will be testing students (12 at a time) on Tuesday/Wednesday and will do makeups of Thursday from 8:00-8:45 am.
(Mrs. Juarez class will do the same the following week.)
-Please encourage your child to stay focused, stay on the test page while on the iPad and not play with their headphones.

-I will be out for a half day on Friday (after lunch). I will still be on campus but will be conducting some CELDT tests. Our classroom substitute will be Ms. Tenorio. She has been subbing for REACH for almost 3 years now. She is amazing and will always be my go-to sub.

Language Arts: Unit 1-week 2: "We are so proud"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
• Song we review in class:  Parts of a story song
• This week's focus: SETTING
• High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
• This week's words: I, am (same as last week's)
• Sight Word Sundaes: (HFW word list): Every time your child passes a word list, they will be given the next list to practice and will be given a part of their Sundae. Please color, cut out at home and return back to me. I will be hanging these up in the classroom.

Math: Unit 1-Matching and sorting (lessons 1.5-1.9)

• Students will be able to show same and different
• categories: color, shape, size, pattern
• Students will be able to show partners
• Spoon/fork, paper/pencil, etc.

Science: Finish Chapter 1-The Nature of Science

• Students will be able to tell about working together to ask and answer questions.
• Students will identify ways to record and share information about observations and tests.
• Science Test on Thursday

Social Studies: Unit 1-Lesson 2-"Who are good citizens?"

• Student will able to learn examples of honesty, courage, world history from stories and folklore.
• Social Studies test on Friday.

Writing through the year: Writing is just telling on paper

• student will begin to write in their journals (pictures or sentences)

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Gil