September 12-16

 Hello families!

After we say the Pledge of Allegiance and the Landmark Student Creed, we look at someone in the room and point to them and say "You are smart, you are important, you are loved."  Each student picks a person to say that to.  Then we point to ourselves and say "I am smart, I am important, I am loved."  This is a part of our morning routine!  The students love to lift each other up with words of encouragement! 

We have our 5 chaperones for our upcoming field trip on October 24th!  Thank you to those of you who can help.  I will try to make sure other parents have a chance to chaperone for our other field trips.

This week:

As you know we are well into our Apex Fundraiser.  Our class has already won a candy reward and a prize box reward.  We are so excited to earn our next reward of a dance party!  Below is a picture of our Apex assembly.

If you would like to do any extra work at home with your child, you can refer to the homework packet, Home Connections workbook and then check out what we are learning (below) and you can reinforce it all at home!

Moral Focus:  We are working on showing Wisdom all month.  We are emphasizing that showing wisdom is making good choices and following the rule.

Reading: We are practicing making predictions in a text.  We first talk about what we notice and see about the book, before we read the words.  Then we look for clues in the words and stop to think to make a prediction of what will happen next.  We also have a list of sight words we have been working on. (see in photo below).

Math: We are still focusing on identifying and making patterns. practicing the calendar and counting by 1s and 10s.  We just started talking about place value.  We have used manipulatives to make numbers using the ones and the tens place.

Phonics:  We have been focusing on Pp and Ll this week.  We have continued our alphabet sound wall for the room, which included adding these letters to it.

Social Studies We are working on showing citizenship in the classroom and in the school.

Reminders: Please remember to pack a change of clothes for your child to keep in their backpack in case they have an accident at school.

Have a great weekend!