Week of Sept. 22nd - Sept. 26th

Looking Ahead

Sept. 22th - Sept. 26th

 

Reading Strategies

Predicting & Evaluating

Making Connections

Comprehension & Story Structure

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "th" digraph sound

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Writing Complete Sentences (capitals, spaces, punctuation)

Sight Words

think

stop

has

him

when

just

Close Reading

Spoon

Vocabulary Words (Spoon)

spiffy

exotic

adventurous

fancy

proper

mumbled

function

Spelling Words

us

sad

flag

this

with

that

thank

me

we

thinking

The test on these words will be on Friday, September 26th.

Your student brought home their spelling test from today - please make sure to look it over with them! :)

Math

Students took their Unit 1 math assessment on addition last week and it was returned today. Please take the time to look over the assessment with your student and go over any problems that they might have missed. There were sections of the test where the directions were confusing and if your student missed those specific questions, I did allow them to re-do the problems after explaining the directions in more detail. If you have any questions please let me know!

Literacy Night/Daily 5

If you are interested in learning more about the Daily 5, then please join us on Tuesday, October 7th for our first "Literacy Night." It is a great opportunity to learn about the changes we have made in reading and literacy in order to enhance our reading program at school. Please use the link below to sign up with your son/daughter! Hope to see some of you there!

Link - http://goo.gl/Mmyu9v

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 any questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Tuesday, Sept. 23rd - First Magazine Drive Turn In
• Thursday, Sept. 25th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm & Second Magazine Drive Turn In
• Tuesday, Sept. 30th - Final Magazine Drive Turn In
• Tuesday, Oct. 7th - Literacy Night @ Ide
• Friday, Oct. 10th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm
• Monday, Oct. 13th - 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! :) 
• Sight Words - Students brought home 6 sight words last week. They are the words that they need to know for the week. Next week there are 6 new words. Please continue to work with your student at home.
• Jolly Phonics Dictation - As part of our Jolly Phonics curriculum, each student will be doing weekly dictation activities that include our lesson for the week. The dictation will help your child make connections between what they are learning in class and what they already know in order to complete their spelling tests. This will not be for a grade - but more for an assessment on how they are learning their letter sounds and using them to incorporate into their spelling and writing.
• 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