Few reminders:
- Please remember to send in school fees if you have not yet done so.
- If you plan on participating in field trips or volunteer opportunities this year, you can fill out a background check now! Background checks take 2-3 weeks to be processed. These forms are valid for 5 years. Let me know if you would like me to send one home.
On October 18th, we will host Grandparents, Goodies and Games from 6:00-7:00PM. Please RSVP using this link. Please only respond once per family.
Below is the link to our parent survey. Please let us know what your talents and interests are!
Upcoming events:
9/28: Homecoming Parade
- If you and your child would like to walk behind the New Directions banner in the parade, meet at Tanner at 5:45. Children must be accompanied by an adult!
10/19:Field Trip to Heckrodt Nature Preserve and Kaukauna Fire Dept
Reading: This week in Reader’s Workshop, the students are working on retelling and saying more and more of the story. We will also learn to use connecting words, such as then, after, and, & later, to tell the story. Students will focus on words and lines that are repeated by characters in our story so that we can use the exact same words when we retell the books. Towards the end of the week, we will focus on pointing to words in the book that we can read already. This will set students up for the more conventional reading that is coming soon!
Writing: Our writing shifts from writing informational stories to writing true life stories this week. On Monday, we will use a checklist to make sure our informational writing had everything it needs! Later in the week, students will be introduced to narrative, or true story, by first writing a class story together and then trying to write one independently. Students will do an on demand writing. That means, the students will have the entire writing block to write a true story without my coaching. This allows me to see what they are already doing as writers and figure out what they need to push their writing forward! I am excited to read some of their true stories!
Math: Students will rotate through 4 math centers after a minilesson each day. The minilessons will focus on adding/subtracting, writing numbers 1-5, and comparing numbers 1-10, and shapes. There are four new centers this week:
1. We have been reading Anno’s Counting Book in math to focus on numbers 1-10 and count the number of items on each page. Students will create their own counting book.
2. Students will use a comparing mat to show which number is more and which is less.
3. Students will work with a classmate and counting chips to find the different partners of numbers For example, 3+2 and 4+1 are partners of 5.
4. Students will sort shapes based on different attributes. They could look at the number of edges, number of corners, straight sides, etc.
Word Study: We have four stations that students rotate around throughout the week.
- Salt writing: Students will be writing letters in boxes filled with salt.
- Students are working with puzzles that match lowercase letters with their uppercase partner.
- ABC Busted!: In this game, students pick a card out of a bucket. They tell the group which letter is written on the card. When someone picks up the card with the sticker on it, they are busted! Everyone puts their cards back into the bucket and start over.
- Students are using stamps to match uppercase and lowercase letters.
Social Studies: This week, we will begin our School Study unit. Throughout the unit, we will be exploring who the community helpers are in our school and conducting interviews to learn more about what they do! We will be learning about interviews and planning what kinds of questions we are going to ask our school community helpers.
Feel free to call/email at any time with questions, comments, or concerns!
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