Week Seven Update

Info to Know

• Field trip permission slips and money are due Tuesday! Please let me know if you need another slip. Late slips and money will not be accepted.
• Phoenix of the Month: Cydney has displayed respect for others. Congrats!
• We are slowly launching our Accelerated Reader (AR) program. This program allows for the girls to choose books within their reading range, read them, and then take a comprehension test on the computer. They took their first test on Friday on their reading group book. Look on Monday for an info sheet for parent access. If you are able to level some books, either at home or at school, please let us know!
• Please be sure to return the forms distributed at Parent-Teacher conferences. They were due on Friday, Sept. 24.
• Your little darling should have brought home her orange vocabulary notebook. Please review it with her, help her place her pages in it, and return it on Monday.
• Does anyone have a play cash register we can use? I would like to set up a "classroom store."
• There will not be a bi-weekly progress report this week due to report cards being issued next Friday, October 8.
• Half day--noon dismissal--Wednesday, October 6
• Thanks to Shannon, Willow's mom, for getting our t-shirt order together AND getting them donated!! Thanks to Holly, Gigi's mom, as well for getting the ideas and thoughts together in the artwork! I am SO excited to see them!
• Shannon has also created a writeboard for classroom volunteering. Check it out! If there are other times you would like to volunteer, please let us know! We can always use help!
  

Academic Update

• Last week we began our Nature's Needs unit. We discussed the difference in living and non-living things, what we already know, and what we want to learn. In math, we began counting coins (nickels & pennies), making trades, and explored some new math tools.
• This coming week we will begin our inquiry of plants. The girls are very interested in how leaves change, planting, and why we need plants. We will define and expand our vocabulary learning about photosynthesis. In math, we will write number models (number sentences) and have our unit two assessment at the end of the week. If you want to help us, we are even going to try to plant on Friday..should need extra hands.