Weekly News

Despite the short week, we accomplished a lot! Five senses, fun stickered water bottles, more superstars....read all about it and have a restful weekend.

Info to Know

• Picture Day- Wednesday, September 17--this will be the picture made for the yearbook. Uniforms should be worn.
• Wednesday, September 24-- All About Me! Home project is due--see clear folders
  

Academic Update

• IB: Our IB unit, Me, Myself, and I, is coming to a close. This week we talked about our five senses. We created another book that will come home next week displaying our learning. Without our five senses, it would be difficult to learn! Next week: personal safety and culmination project.
• ELA: This week we used the letters that we have learned thus far and began to blend them into words. We also talked about rhyming and the -am family. We continued to learn more sight words, wrote in our journals, and really enjoyed learning our poem, "Me." Next week: more blending, the -at family, and last names
• Math: Calendar skills have so much math integrated into the routines. We skip count by five's, practice place value, patterning, and counting. This week we also worked on counting down from 10 to zero, collecting data and analyzing it, and patterns. Next week: number sequence, matching numbers to sets, and our body weight and height.
• In the clear folders, you should find the information and instruction sheet for the at-home IB project for this unit. Please review and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
• Check out the new websites added to the blog! Lots of fun stuff for adults and kids!
• Here is a website on the Five Senses http://www.iit.edu/~smart/essijea/lesson2.htm
  

Classroom News

• Water bottles and rest blankets/towels came home on Friday. Please wash them and return them on Monday. This is imperative for every one's health during the cold/flu season.
• The volunteer schedule has been made and distributed for regularly scheduled volunteers. Please check it and provide feedback as needed. If you are not on the regular schedule, we still would love to see you! Please let us know in advance so that we can best prepare to use your time and talent to its fullest potential. The background scanner in the front office is up and running! Just bring in your driver's license to be scanned the first time you volunteer.
• Thanks to this week's volunteers!!
• Books are in.....look for them in your little darling's backpack on Monday! Thanks again to those who ordered!! Free books for the classroom are ALWAYS appreciated!
• Check out the links on the side of the blog.....good websites and info
• Snack: M-Sadira, T-Shoshana, W-Kameron, Th-Madeline, F-Gigi