Week of September 28

Our Resources for the week are: Monday #1-18 MEDIA & #19-36 ART, Tuesday #1-18 P.E.& #19-36 in the classroom, Wednesday  #1-18 MEDIA & #19-36 P.E., and Thursday ART. The last day to submit an order for the school Fundraiser is September 28. Friday is Patriotic Day!! Graham will be bringing Fun Friday Snack.

Handwriting/Writing

The letter formations we are working on are: Dd, Ww and Ee.

We will be focusing on using our letter sounds this week and SLOWLY writing. We do not expect students to write correctly at this time, but our goal is for them to hear letter sounds and associate it with a letter to write on their paper.   Students will also be working with a listening partner this week to discuss what is going on in their picture. The listening partner will decide whether or not the words they hear match the picture and what the writer needs to do next. Next steps could include: add more details to your setting, fix ____ on your characters body, add that person so that the story matches your picture, etc.
Here is a letter song that will get your child to act out the letter sounds and connect them with a motion/ picture word. :)

Math

We are moving into exploring numbers 8-10. A concept we are practicing repeatedly is "one more." As we are exploring counting larger groups the students tend to "guess" how many are in a set. We are taking time to always count!! We read a fun story today, "Pete the Cat 5 Little Pumpkins" We are ready for fall!! Here's a link to enjoy it at home!

Science

This week we finish exploring the sense of taste. Everyone enjoys this sense because we all love to eat! We will use vocabulary to describe foods as sweet, salty, sour and bitter and complete a journal page.

Reading

Sight words for the week are: me, no, three & four. (I am skipping one and two and will have them next week. ) We will review the five senses and focus on retelling what we learned about sight. Then we will listen to a story about Helen Keller and how she faced her disability and overcame it!
We will be taking a Module Assessment this week on the five senses. We can't wait for the students to show us what they've learned!

 Watch this video and listen as it reviews the iris and pupil. Please know it goes more in depth than your child needs to know at this time... but it was the best video I could find. :)
Below that you will find a video about Helen Keller.