Week of Sept. 30th - Oct. 4th

Sept. 23rd - Sept. 27th
This past week the students have been hard at work in the classroom! They have been practicing read to self, read to someone, work on words and work on writing. Next week they will be introduced to work on computers and work on listening. We did two projects this week and they turned out great! Since the start of fall was this week, students did a project about fall and their 5 senses. We brainstormed different ideas about what fall looks, tastes, feels, smells, and sounds like. I loved hearing their different ideas! Today we read Scaredy Squirrel and discussed different things that we are afraid of and then made our own Scaredy Squirrel. Take a look!

Looking Ahead

Sept. 30th - Oct. 4th

Reading Strategies

Making text-to-self connections

Fiction/Non-fiction

Predicting

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "ng" digraph sound (ing, ong,ung, eng)

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Complete Sentences - Which is the naming part and which is the telling part.

Birthday Stories

Journal writing during Daily 5

Spelling Words

in

leg

glad

ring

sang

strong

lung

be

was

length

The test on these words will be on Friday, October 4th.
*Your students brought home their spelling test today - please make sure to review it with them and help them correct the words that they missed. It is very important that they study their words every night.

Math

This week we continued to work on addition and subtraction. Next week we will explore the additive identity property of addition (adding zero) and the commutative property of addition (turn around facts).

 

Author of the Month

Our new author of the month is Lois Elhert. She loves to write fiction books and includes information about seasons and nature. Make sure to ask your student which book they enjoy the most!

 

Field Trip

We will be going on a field trip to see a play on Monday, October 21st. The play is entitled, “Professor McBumble’s Fabulous Fairy-Tale Follies Revue – The Bully Show!” and will be performed at Lewis University in Romeoville. The bus will leave at approximately 9:30 and will return by 11:50. The children will still be able to order a hot lunch for that day if desired. A permission slip will be sent home on Monday. Please fill it out and return it along with $7 cash. We will need 2 chaperones - if you are interested please let me know. Thank you!

 

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have an questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Monday, Sept. 30th - Common Core Math presentation for parents @ 6:30 in the library at Elizabeth Ide.
• Friday, Oct. 11th - Progress Reports sent home.
• Monday, Oct. 14th - No School - Columbus Day.

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops - Please continue to turn in any box tops that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) Classrooms with the most box tops will win a classroom party!
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org

I Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth