Hello room 1 parents, I hope you are continuing to enjoy your long weekend and are finding a way to stay cool! We will get right back into the swing of things on Tuesday, with another fun week ahead, including Movie Night on Friday the 9th, hosted by the home and school club.
Thank you for signing your child up on my assessment schedule. This will help me to best meet the differing needs of the students in my class during small group instruction. I was able to complete many of the assessments of extended care students last week, and I look forward to meeting with the rest of the students in the upcoming weeks. If you still need to sign up or check your scheduled day/time, you can edit/view it here. Please note that you can no longer edit this document. If you need to reschedule your child's time, please email me.
Language Arts
In language arts, we continue introducing letters and letter sounds, along with the handwriting of those letters, using the Fundations program. We have introduced
Tt, Bb, and
Ff, which are all "sky-line letters" and this week, we will introduce
Mm and
Nn, which are "plane-line letters." If you'd like more information about the formation of these letters to support your student at home, as well as posters that are similar to the ones we use in the classroom, please read this week's
home support letter. The posters can be assembled into a book that you and your child can reference at home throughout the year.
We will also introduce our first sight word,
I, this week. We will introduce 1 to 2 sight words per week now, and children are expected to master the reading of 40+ sight words by the end of kindergarten. The complete list (there are more than 40 words listed here, but they will be exposed to all of them) can be found on the "
High Frequency Words" tab of my website.
Collaboration/STEAM Projects
This week, we will be reading several different fairy tales & nursery rhymes, and then doing follow-up STEAM challenges. These challenges will be done in small groups, so we will discuss big subjects like collaboration, teamwork, and compromise. We will be testing which materials will protect Humpty Dumpty from breaking, building houses that will stand up to the Big Bad Wolf, building bridges for the Three Billy Goats, and making webs to keep the spiders away from Little Miss Muffett. We look forward to learning how to collaborate as a group to solve these challenges.
Math
In math, we will continue with the topic Numbers to 10. This week, we will continue looking at each number and different ways to represent them (numeral, 10 frames, etc.) More information on this topic can be found here.
Wednesday Envelopes
Thank you so much for returning the envelopes on Thursday, If you were not able to return your envelope on Thursday, please return it on Tuesday, when it will already be time to pack them again.
P.E.
Beginning the week of October 3rd, we will get to have P.E. lessons with the Rhythm & Moves P.E. program. This program is funded by your donations to the AVHSC C.A.G.E. drive. Children will participate twice a month in P.E., and this program is a huge hit! Thank you for your continued donations to the C.A.G.E. drive for programs like this. If you haven't had a chance to donate yet, please consider donating by going to this link: https://altavistahsc.membershiptoolkit.com/home
Enrichment Update
Thank you for signing up to volunteer for our enrichment programs, however we are still in need of a couple volunteer assignments:
- 1 or 2 more Art Vista helpers
- clay lead parent, we could also use
- 1 more library reader (this would be shared with another parent so would be every other week). Library visits are every Wednesday, beginning September 21st, and our scheduled time each week is 9:30 to 9:50.
- 1 more cornerstone parent
- and most importantly room parent! This position is REALLY helpful for me.
New Bike Rack
A few parents have asked about locking bikes that their children ride to school. We love to encourage children to ride bikes to school, and we are happy to share that Mr. Manny moved a bicycle rack into our playground! If your child rides a bike to school, please feel free to wheel it in when we open Gate F in the morning and park it on the rack located right next to the gate.
I hope you continue to enjoy your weekend!
Upcoming Events
Monday, 9/5: Labor Day, no school
Friday, 9/9: Movie Night
Friday, 9/16: Picture Day!
