Look into our week: Unit 1 Week 1

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

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:
-9/6: Back to school night
3 teacher sessions in classroom-5, 5:30 and 6 pm (choose one)
Parent orientation in MPR-4:30 and 5:30 (choose one)

9/26: Kindergarten apple tasting
-sign up sheet will be posted this week

9/27: Volunteer information meeting

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 1

• Theme: Farm animals
• Story of the week: "Old MacDonald had a wood shop"
• Poem of the week: "Who am I? (pig)"

• Letter(s) of the week: A, B, C, D, E
• Home activities: Look for the letter(s) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee (in all types of fonts)
• Say words that begin with Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee
• Draw pictures that begin with Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee
• Sound  out  blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  cat, bat, hat, gat, pat

• 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:  character

• 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

Math: Chapter 1-Matching, sort and classify (lessons 1.1-1.4)

• Students will be able to show same and different
• categories: color, shape, size, pattern
• Left and Right
• Texture (smooth, rough, etc)

Science: Farm animals-parent and child

• Students will be able to name and match parent and child animals on a farm

Social Studies: Then and now

• Students will be able to describe items and tasks that used to take place then and now.
• Exp: School then- one school for all grades/town   School now-classes for all grades
• Exp: Land transportation then-horse and buggy    Now-cars

Writing: The Writing house

• Introduce writing house
• What do the lines mean
• Introduce tall letters, small letters and falling letters

• Practice paper (print and use at home)

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 rest of the day. See you all tomorrow!

Mrs. Gil