Week of November 8 - 12, 2010

Newsletter for Week of November 8 – 12, 2010

Report cards have been sent home on Friday, November 5, 2010. Please look over your child’s report card, sign and return by Friday, November 12. If you would like to discuss your child’s progress with me please let me know a convenient time to do so. We can set up a conference in person, on the phone, or use email.
Please be aware that snack time is about 15 minutes in the afternoon usually around 1:30. The amount of food brought in by some children has been growing into a small meal. A small snack is all that is needed. Some children are bringing up to four different things for snack and are unable to eat them or finish any of them. One or two small snacks are all that is necessary. A drink is fine too if you wish to send one. However, we do have a water fountain in the classroom so you do not need to feel that a drink must be sent along as well. Thanks for your support with this!
This week in phonics we are going to be working on the letter M. Show and tell will continue on Friday. Also, our second word list will be sent home. Please review this list as part of the daily homework. Children do not need to memorize the words, but should be able to sound out the words using their knowledge of the letter sounds we have covered so far. The only word that needs to be memorized is the sight word that is circled on the page. Again, thank you for working with your child on this.
In math this week we will be identifying numbers 0 – 9, sequencing events, using one to one correspondence and introduce the penny.
In reading, we will enjoy listening to the story “Amradillo’s Orange” . It is a story about an armadillo that makes his home near an orange. The theme of this unit is animal homes. Our focus skill is sequence and comparing and contrasting characters in this story and others.

Monday will be day 4 in our four day cycle. We will have computer class.

Have a wonderful weekend!!