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September 20, 2013

Reminders
Please continue to check your childs daily folder each evening. Empty the contents, check for homework, and sign it in that days square. Thank You!!!

This Weeks Focus Reading- We are still working on our

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Words of the week

Too

Have

Letter Sounds

Look

What

He

For

Short i (him) r, z, s, b, g, h

Vocabulary Butterfly Caterpillar Larva Egg Pupa Chrysalis Milkweed Monarch Please practice with your child each day

Upcoming Events
September 26- Madison T-shirt orders due October 9- Picture Day

September Birthdays Arionna Daymien Jackson

routines for the Daily 5 and building stamina. Our Read to Self stamina is looking good, this week we reached 18 minutes! My goal is that next week I will be able to start working with small groups of students during this time. We also practiced our Write to Self stamina, and introduced how to Read with a Partner. Ask your child what it means to sit EEKK This was our 2nd week with the new curriculum. I am still modifying the curriculum in order to practice our routines, but were getting there! Writing- We again worked on our Write to Self stamina, which increased to about 10 minutes. We are still learning how to become confident writers and put our thoughts onto paper. Math- This week was exciting in math as we got to explore some new tools. We also began working together in small groups. At this time, I am still helping with expectations, but by next week I expect to be working with small groups on specific skills. The skills we practiced this week were: Tally marks Outcomes (with dice) The calendar Writing numbers 5 and 6 Working in small groups Exploring math materials Weather and temperature routines

Social Studies/Science-

We used our classroom rules to create a version of our school rules, and discuss what happens when rules arent followed (logical consiquences, take a break). We also observed Constitution Day on