*REACH* Leadership Academy: Look into our week: Unit 1 week 4

Good afternoon parents and guardians,

Our first classroom transformation was a HUGE success! I can not wait to do another!
Be sure to check out our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite. Soon all parents/guardians will be given access to teachers grade books. I try to update my grades right away after the students take a test.

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Please help me 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:
9/24 20th day of school -Attendance challenge

9/24: Benchmark scores sent home

STAR and DIBELS

Along with RTI placement which begins the first week of OCT

RTI: Response to Intervention

30 mins daily

Students are usually sent to another teacher as I will teach ELD (English Language Development) during this time

9/24 Board Meeting

9/26: Kindergarten apple tasting
-sign up sheet is posted (available at pick up)
PLEASE TURN IN ALL DONATIONS BY TUESDAY
THANK YOU!

9/27: Volunteer information meeting

9/28 Tk/K House competitions

10/4 Tk-2 Family Lunch
Tk/k lunch at 11am

10/8: Trimester 1 progress reports go home

10/9 Fall Picture Day
UNIFORM ONLY

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Beginning Sound Song

Exercise Beginning Sounds

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

Language Arts: Unit 1-week 4

Theme: Apples
Story of the week: "Amelia Badelia's First Apple Pie"
Poem of the week: "Johnny Appleseed"

Letter(s) of the week: T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Home activities: Look for the letter(s) Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz (in all types of fonts)
Say words that begin with Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
Draw pictures that begin with Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
Sound out blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)