September 5-9

 Hello Families!

We have been digging into lots of learning and new routines and procedures, and we are rocking it!  We started doing Literacy centers this week.  Students will be rotating through 3 centers working on Lexia, writing, phonics and even small group work with me.

What We're Learning:

Moral Focus: Wisdom- we have been talking about how wisdom means making good choices and following the rules.

Reading: We are still working on talking about the beginning, middle and end of the story.  We are determining the important detail within each part of the story.  We are also making predictions about what will happen next.

Phonics:  I will be introducing 2 letters a week starting next week.  We are working on letter names and sounds.  We have also started learning sight words.  

You can work on these words at home:

a, see, can, the, like, I , go, to, am

Math: We are working on patterns, calendar, counting on and tally marks

Social Studies:  We are working on what it means to be a good citizen of the school.  We have been taking school tours, classroom tours and practicing ways that we can take care of our school.

Additional Information: 

We have an Apex Fun Run coming up on September 23.  Your child will be coming home with a lanyard with a QR code attached.  They will be raising money for our school by running laps.  If you, your family or your friends want to contribute, you will scan the QR code to do so.  We are raising money to help the school.  I will be tracking the money that our class collects and each dollar will go toward a different classroom prize that the students helped me come up with.  Additionally, your child will be earning prizes from the Apex company for the money they raise.