Silly Sock Pictures

Vocab, Letters, Sight Words

Vocab for this week: Container, Scrumptious, Enjoy, Gooey
Letter of the week: S
Next week's letter: P
Sight word: Like
Next week's sight word: A (pronounced "uh")

On Fridays we have been taking a little sight word test. We practice all week writing the words and on Friday we take a little test to see if we can write the words without looking at our Word Wall or listening to our Sight Word Songs. This isn't graded, but I do give out a little treat if the students can write them correctly. If you would like to work at home on writing these, our sight words we've learned so far are: am, can, I, like, the, and we.

Silly Sock Day!

Tomorrow will be Silly Sock Day! Wear your silliest socks to end our week of learning about the letter S.

Vocabulary

The vocabulary words learned this week were: eager, assortment, passenger, and pedestrian. Students were struggling with remembering pedestrian, so if you could use it at home, this may help them to remember the word!! Thanks!

Early Out, Favorite Team Day, and Homecoming!

This Wednesday is our first early dismissal. Students who ride the bus will head down to the bus around 1:15 or 1:20 and as soon as they are out of the hallway, the doors will be unlocked for students who will be picked up.

In honor of Homecoming this week, the elementary will be having a Favorite Team Day on Thursday. Students are encouraged to wear something that shows their favorite team (shirt, jersey, sweatshirt, etc.).

Friday is Homecoming and the Homecoming Parade. You should have received a red note on Friday explaining about the parade. If you have any further questions, please let me know!

Schedule Revision

This week we were informed that on Early Dismissal days, we will not have specials and will only have recess. This means the "day" will become an ED day and the numbered or lettered day will be moved to the following day.

For example, this week Wednesday is an ED day and Friday will also be an ED because of the Homecoming Parade. Therefore, Monday will be Day 3, Tuesday will be Day A, Wednesday will be an ED Day, Thursday will then be Day 4, Friday will be another ED Day and next Monday will be Day 5.

If there is an early out, the numbered or letter day will be moved to the following day, just like we do for snow days. I will try to send home a revised Specials Schedule for the month on Monday.

Letters, Sight Words, Vocabulary Update

This coming week will be a review week for letters and sight words. The letters that will be reviewed are M and A. Sight words that will be reviewed are I, we, can, the, and am.

Vocabulary words from last week were soar, snooze, drowsy, and tangled.

Library

I've been meaning to let you know when we will be going to the school library each week to check out books. We will go to the school library on Mondays and Thursdays. Thursday, Mrs. Cabeen also reads to us before we check out a new book. If you forget to send your library book one of the days, no worries! They usually aren't due back to the library until about a week after checkout. Notes will be sent home when books are overdue.

Homecoming Parade

Homecoming and the Homecoming Parade is next Friday (September 19). Students will go to the parade Friday afternoon. If you would like to take your child to the parade, you may do so, but you must pick your child up by 1. Please also send a note. If you do not pick your child up, we will travel together on buses to go to and attend the parade. Students may NOT be picked up at the parade. You must pick them up before the parade OR pick them up at school immediately following the parade. If your child rides a bus, they will just ride the bus home after the parade as usual.

Specials Schedule

Our special schedule is as follows:

Day 1- Art
Day 2- PE
Day 3- Music
Day A- STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) and Music
Day 4- Computer
Day 5- PE
Day 6- Music
Day B- Guidance and PE

Tomorrow (Sept. 8) is Day 5.

If there ever is a snow day, the "day" will just be moved until we return to school. Example: If we have a snow day on January 5 and that is supposed to be a Day 2, it will then be Day 2 when we return to school on January 6.

Math Homework and Paper Sight Word Books

Your child will be sent home with their first piece of homework on Monday, September 8. It will be due by Thursday, September 11. I will always send home the Math homework  worksheet on Monday and it will always be due by Thursday. When your child brings it back, I check it, return it home, and your child receives a small reward. I do not keep track of how your child scores on the homework. I do this to get students in the habit of doing and bringing back homework to prepare them for future grades. The homework also gives them extra practice on what we are working on in Math.

You also may have noticed a short paper sight word book coming home with your child. Each week, after your child has learned and worked on identifying and recognizing the sight word of the week, there is a paper sight word book that they practice reading and then read to me. These are good to save and practice with your child. It helps them to remember sight words and learn to recognize them in text.

Letter, Sight Word, and Vocabulary Update

The letter for this coming week is Aa. We will also be learning the sight word "the." Last week we worked on Mm and the sight word "we." We also reviewed sight words "can" and "I."

The vocabulary words we learned at the end of last week were generous, nuisance, energetic, and exhausted.

Working on letter names/sounds and sight words at home is always a great idea! Trying to use our vocabulary words when talking with your child is also helpful for them so they start remembering and using the words.