Classroom Update

Parent Information

• I sent home the class directory.  Please check for errors in names, phone numbers, etc.

• If you haven't sent in your poem notebook money it is not too late.

• Don't forget to send in your scholastic magazine money.

• Parent Information Night is Wednesday, September 25th.  Hope to see you all there!

Literacy

• Continued to do "Read to Self".  They built their stamina to 15 minutes...amazing!
• Continued to do "Read to Someone".  We learned different ways to read to a partner and learned to "check for understanding".
• Introduced our first set of short A word families; at & ap
• Worked with the high frequency words a, I, see, at, is me the.  They are now responsible to spell these words correctly in their writing.
• Began a new center "Word Work".  Learned how to build our at & ap words using tiles, wikki sticks, white boards and magnets.
• Writer's Workshop:  Worked on understanding how to revise our stories by asking who, what, where, when, how and why questions.

Math

• Continued to work on numbers to 20.
• Began playing games that compare numbers.
• Continued to talk about how to be "efficient" & "accurate".
• Used the 20's frame to organize and help "represent" amounts of objects.

Technology

• Read a book called The Dot.  Talked about what it meant to "make your mark".
• Participated in celebrating "Dot Day" by working with partners to design their own dots.
• Used I pads to create cool 3-D pictures.
• Look for a gallery of photos soon!