Ms.

Fetters
October Newsletter
E-mail: afetters@colonial.k12.de.us
School: Wilbur Elementary
School Address: 4050 Wrangle Hill Rd. Bear, DE 1901
School Phone Number: !"02#$"2%&""0 Room Number: B%1
Class Website: www.msfetters.weebly.com
What Were Reading
'o(e of t)e *ooks +e +ill *e reading as a
class in t)is (ont) include,
The Soo!y Wheels on the "us
by: Elizabeth Mills
There Was an #ld $ady Who Swallowed Some
$ea%es
By: Lucille Colandro
What Will &ommy 'o When ()m at School*
by: Dolores Johnson
+, +, +- (t)s Ale Pic!in. Time
by: Jody Fickes Shapiro
There Was an #ld $ady Who Swallowed a "at
by: Lucille Colandro
We )a-e *een focusing on .uestioning / *ot)
ans+ering .uestions a*out te0t, and asking our
o+n .uestions a*out te0t, as +ell as counting
s1lla*les in +ords, seg(enting sounds in +ords,
and identif1ing t)e di2erence *et+een letters,
+ords, and sentences. We are e-en +orking on
identif1ing 3unctuation at t)e end of sentences,
and +)at t)e1 tell us a*out t)e sentence4
At /ome (dea: When reading ith your child! encourage
the" to point out the ords that they ha#e learned$ %ou
could also create
ords and &slides' like &ba' or &(e' ith the letters that e
ha#e
Reminders
5)eck and clean out 1our
c)ild6s *lue folder eac) da1.
5reated *1 7s)le1 8agee 9ra3)ics :
;)istle9irlDesigns.co(
<lease )el3 1our
c)ild 3ractice +riting
t)eir na(e, nu(*ers
to 20, and 3re-iousl1
learned letters at
)o(e. 7lso, 3lease
3ractice t)e +ords
for t)e (ont)4
Important Dates
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han! "ou#
In our classroom we are
learning so much! Thank you
for consistently checking your
childs folder, sending in any
important notes or money
through their blue folders, and
for any reinforcement you are
providing at home. This year is
off to a great start!
his Months $ighlights
Language Arts
We +ill *e continuing our stud1 on our letters of t)e
al3)a*et. We +ill *e learning t+o to t)ree ne+ letters
eac) +eek. ;)is instruction is 3ri(aril1 on letter
identi>cation, letter sounds, and s3elling 3atterns. ?t is
our )o3e t)at *1 t)e end of @anuar1, students +ill )a-e
learned all of t)e letters in t)e al3)a*et. ?n Aanguage
7rts +e are also *eginning to identif1 +ords t)at r)1(e,
counting t)e s1lla*les in +ords, and +orking on
sounding out si(3le real +ords, suc) as &bag' or
nonsense +ords, suc) as Bbe"'. ;)e c)ildren are
learning to (ark an B0C under t)e -o+el and 3ut an !D#
in front of t)e +ord if it is a nonsense +ord4
Math
?n (at) +e are continuing to learn )o+ to count and
re3resent o*Eects u3 to 20 in -arious +a1s / dra+ing
o*Eects, (aking tall1 (arks, +riting nu(*er sentences,
using a nu(*er line, etc. Four c)ild s)ould *e a*le to
gi-e 1ou strategies to use to )el3 t)e( kee3 track of
t)e o*Eects t)at t)e1 are counting or re3resenting.
Re(ind t)e( t)at all good (at)e(aticians Bdou*le%
c)eckC4 We +ill also *egin (easuring +it) t)is unit.
Science
;)e students +ill *e starting a unit on ;rees t)is (ont).
We +ill e0a(ine t)e trees as t)e1 *egin to c)ange
color, and +ill *e discussing +)at )a33ens to trees
t)roug) t)e c)anging seasons. We +ill learn t)e 3arts of
a tree, +)1 t)e1 are i(3ortant, and +e +ill also learn
a*out di2erent t13es of trees and )o+ to recogniGe t)eir
lea-es. We +ill 3ractice dra+ing and la*eling a tree6s
3arts and +ill use scienti>c 3rocedures +)en e0a(ining
lea-es, *ark, and +ood sa(3les.
Word Wall Words
We *egan t)e 1ear *1 learning
)o+ to +rite and recogniGe
certain +ords t)at are
co((onl1 seen in t)e Englis)
language. ?n eac) ne+sletter ?
+ill include t)e +ords +e are
learning.
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