Week of September 12 - 16, 2011

Happenings for the week of September 12 – 16, 2011
Next week in Phonics we will be working on the Letter “O”. We will focus on the short vowel sound as in octopus. We will briefly discuss the long sound as well but focus more on it later in the year. Thursday, September 15 and Friday, September 16 will be show and tell once again. Students should bring in an object with the short sound of O or even the long sound. It can also be a picture or a drawing. Please make sure whatever your child brings in it is able to fit in their book bag. Thank you for your cooperation with this.
In math, we are working on one to one correspondence. We will match up objects and compare which group is larger/smaller using our manipulatives.
In reading, we are going on to our second story titled, "Fix It Duck". The children will enjoy listening to the main character "Fix It Duck" trying to fix things for his friends. The focus skill will be to identify the setting of a story.
In science, we began our unit on Trees. We took a walk and picked out a class tree and discussed how the tree will change throughout the year as the seasons change. Next we will discuss the main parts of the tree and draw and label a tree.
This week behavior charts will start to come home. Please look over your child’s behavior chart each day. We are trying to all stay in the green area of our traffic light. If your child was in the yellow area during the day, that means they received many warnings about proper behavior (usually sitting in their seats, keeping hands to themselves, talking out, being kind to each other etc…). If a child comes home with the red area of the traffic light colored in, I will write a brief note explaining what occurred. Please be assured that most children DO stay in the green area and that this is just to help them learn proper behavior in school. I would also like to thank you for your support with this in advance.
I would also like to thank you for having your child complete their homework. Everyone has been doing a great job with this.
Have a great weekend. Please note that Monday will be day 4 in our five day cycle. We will have computer class!