Week of October 10 - 14, 2011

Happenings for the week of October 10 – 14, 2011
This week in phonics we are working on the letter Pp. We will have show and tell on Thursday and Friday. Please help your child find a small object at home to bring in that begins with the letter p. Friday, October 14 will be pajama day. Children are allowed to wear pajamas to school for that day. Please consider the weather when dressing your child as thin nightgowns will probably be too cool to wear as well as spaghetti straps on tops or sleeveless. Please have the children wear regular shoes or sneakers that day as well. We will have different P activities and a special treat that starts with the letter P as well.
In math we will be discussing ordinal position of objects, story problems, and putting events in proper order or sequence.
We began working on Kid Writing this week. Each day we worked in small groups writing stories. Once we complete several stories they will be sent home for you to keep and enjoy. It is exciting to watch your child grow as a writer!
In reading, we will be enjoying the story, “Dig, Dig, Digging”. Our focus skills for unit one are story setting, characters, and comparing and contrasting the story elements.
As the end of the first quarter is approaching, we will begin to assess the children on their knowledge of the letters and sounds we have covered in phonics including letter l, o, g, h, t, and p. We will test sight word knowledge on words I, am, the, a, my, little, and love. You may want to review these at home starting next week. Our math assessments will be based on the knowledge of patterns, shapes, number to 30 (reciting), and recognizing numbers to 10.
The next Fall Festival Meeting will be this coming Wednesday, October 12 at 6:00 p.m. at the Mineshaft in Ashland. Also, any parent who is a member of PTO and has both clearances on file at the school can help out at the rest of our holiday parties. Any mom who would like to help plan and help out at our soon approaching Halloween party, please let me know. All willing helpers are appreciated!!!
Please note that Monday, October 10, the school lunch menu will feature a hamburger or cheeseburger. This day was originally scheduled as a teacher in-service day but has now been designated as a flood makeup day. Have a great weekend! Monday will be day 4 in our five day cycle. We will have computer class!