Week 6- Our Families

Story of the week: Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber

Phonics: Rr /r/, Ll /l/

Math: numbers  1-5

Social Studies: Our Families

HFW: and, are, like, likes

Reminders:

·         Please complete R and L in our Alphabet Books.

·         Fall Festival is Friday night.

·         Thursday is Stuffed Animal day. Bring a stuffed animal to school.

·         Happy Birthday to Carter and Angel who both celebrate on Thursday, the 27^th.

·         Our first field trip is October 18^th to the Apple Valley Farm.  

Dear Parents,

            This week our focus is on families. Children will discuss different kinds of families, both real and “make believe.” Through a variety of stories, they will discover ways in which family members live together peacefully and show they care for each other. This week we will introduce folk tales and story elements, learn about R and L, discover we have different voices: conversation voices and presentation voices, and practice counting words in sentences.

             In Math, we will continue to learn our numbers and begin assessments for our first report card. Practice numbers at home as well at shapes. The new Common Core Standards are much more in-depth than the learning standards in years past. For assessment, students must be able to draw, create, describe, and relate information about shapes. If they can’t tell me what the shapes are, they will have a hard time doing all of the tasks they are to perform. Practice at home!

            Thursday is Stuffed animal day! We will be using the stuffed animals to talk about presentation voices, writing about the animals and learning about animals. If you forget, do not worry, I have a bin of over 100 beanie babies for students to choose from. Everyone will be taken care of (unlike cap day).  

            Our first field trip is coming up! We will be going to the Apply Valley Farm to learn about apples! If you would like to be a chaperone, please clear your schedule for that day. Right now, the field trip will be $6 per child. If you save $2 per week starting this week, you will be able to pay for the field trip. We understand that not all families can make this accommodation, so we ask for field trip donations. If we do not receive enough donations, we will not be able to afford the trip. However, if you have $6 to spare and would like to make an additional donation, please feel free to do that as well.

            There is a parent involvement event tomorrow from 6:30-7:30.

            We will have Art and Guidance this week.  

Goldilocks and the Three Bears —Jan Brett is an author and artist who has three elephant friends named Jabu, Thembi and Morula who live in Botswana, Africa. She also has a pet mouse named Little Pearl, a horse named  Westy and a Husky dog named Perky Pumpkin. Another pet she had was Hedga, a real hedgehog, whose nicknames were Pudge and Buffalo Gal. Jan paints all the pictures in her books with watercolors using small brushes. It takes her about two days to draw and paint the picture for one page. She likes to go to museums, libraries and other countries to learn more about her stories before writing a book.

Ira Sleeps Over —Bernard Waber is also an author and an artist. He loves to draw animals. One of his favorite animals is the crocodile. He likes crocodiles so much that he wrote and illustrated eight books about Lyle the Crocodile. Bernard likes drawing other animals, too. If you think an animal is a little odd-looking or unusual, then you could tell him about that animal and he would probably draw it. He also wrote and

illustrated books about a variety of animals including the hippopotamus, rhinoceros, moose, anteater, octopus, porcupine, lion, and a firefly named Torchy.