Here are this week's happenings:
- First of all check on the sidebar of this blog for new calendar items that I put up. If you can't see that on your phone scroll down to the bottom of the page and click web version and you should be able to see it.
- This Friday is picture day. I put picture packets in your child's folder today. We are using a new company for some reason, maybe we are trying out a new company for the district? Anyway, I skimmed through the packet and couldn't see an option for online purchase, but maybe I missed it. If you want pictures printed then you need to send that envelope back with the form filled out the amount of the package by Friday. All students will get their pictures taken even if you don't want to pay for a package. It's spirit Friday also, but I would imagine that the PTA will not count that Friday so you can let you child wear whatever they would like to for pictures. Last week though, EVERY single student in our class wore either blue or an East Elementary t-shirt!!!
- SEP or parent teacher conferences are coming up the first week of October (Sept. 30-Oct. 4). I will send home an appointment time next Monday. Please send that back stating whether you can make the appointed time. These conferences are for both parent (s) and students. If you know of day and time that would work best for you send me an e-mail and I will give you that date and time. If you can't make the scheduled timed I'm more than happy to work with your schedules.
- In our learning we are in the middle of our subtraction unit. We have learned how to use pictures to help us with subtraction. Students draw a quick pictures, usually circles then cross of the amount that is taken away. They use these models to write subtraction sentences. Today we modeled subtraction where the key words "the rest" was in the problem. For example: Jeff has 5 apples. 3 of the apples are red and the rest are yellow. How many apples are yellow? We then used pictures to help us. Students draw 5 apples, cross off the amount we know (3 red) and the rest is the difference. Tomorrow we will work with problems that involve comparing.
- In reading we are almost finished with our first until. We have started reviewing sentences that are questions and what words help us know that the sentence is a question (what, where which for example). We learned that our voices go up a little at the end of question in comparison to a statement that ends in a period. We now know that nouns name a person, place or thing and can identify nouns in our reading. Today we read the story The Bus Stop. Ask your child your child to retell that story to you. We worked on sequencing today with that story. Ask them also what a "thrush" is. (I hope they remember).
- We have finished up our Fables and Folktales unit. We just have one more culminating activity with that where students with a partner create a poster representing the fable of folktale of their choice. Those posters will then be shared with the class. We will start our Human Body unit next week. In that unit we will learn about all of the important body systems (digestive, circulatory for example) and learn about healthy lifestyles.
- Don't forget that tomorrow is Sight Word Soldiers day!
- Remember too that if you child's take-home book takes them over ten minutes to read it just once then that counts. Still turn in the little blue note. I have noticed that this might apply to some students sometimes, use your judgment. If it takes 40 minutes to read the book 3 times then that's too long (unless your child is encouraging that). I only ask for 10 minutes of reading each night and most books are the appropriate length for rereading.
Happy Reading!!
Mrs. Armstrong
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