I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather! We have a fun and exciting week ahead in Room 115. A friendly reminder that tomorrow is Black and Orange Day. Students who wish to participate are welcome to wear these colors. Please no Halloween costumes.
Important Dates:
November 3rd:
Parent/Teacher Conferences
6:00-8:00pm (Virtual Only)
Announcements:
Welcome Mrs. Miles!
This week Mrs. Miles, one of Boyden's reading specialists, will begin working with the students in our classroom during our reading time. During her visits Mrs. Miles will administer asessments, play games, and do various reading readiness activities. Please DO NOT PANIC if your child comes home and says they had the opportunity to work with Mrs. Miles. Her visits are meant to support my instruction and allow her to get to know Boyden's youngest and newest students. If I have concerns about your child's reading progress I will certainly let you know.
Quiet Time Towels
Your child's quiet time towel was sent home on Thursday for washing. Please return your child's clean towel to school tomorrow for Quiet Time. Thank you!
Do These Look Familiar?
The sweatshirts/jackets below have been missing their owners for quite some time! If you recognize one of them please let me know and I'll be sure to send it home with your child. It is helpful if you can put your child's name or initials in their jackets/sweatshirts as it's not uncommon for things to get lost or for children to have the same items.
Curriculum Update:
Fundations
Last week in Fundations the children learned about the letters d and s. We also practiced reading the sight words "it" and "in". Our color of the week was purple!
During Fundations we also practiced matching letters and sounds that have already been taught using our Fundations puzzles pieces!
On Friday some students chose to make snakes for the letter S during their choice time!
Math
In math we began our second unit in the Bridges curriculum. This unit will continue to focus on the numbers 5 and 10, and last week we practiced showing different number combinations that make 5 and 10 using cubes and ten frames.
Reader's Workshop
Last week in Reader's Workshop we began our first unit in the Lucy Calkins reading program titled "We are Readers". We kicked off our first unit by taking a tour around Boyden School and finding words we knew. "Stop", "Exit", "Gym", "Boys" and "Girls" were some of the words we identified. We then practiced reading other words we knew in the world around us. These words, also known as enviromental print, included names of stores and restaurants such as Target, Walmart, McDonald's, Home Depot, and many more! Lastly, we ended the week by learning the difference between stories and teaching books. It was a busy week of reading in our classroom!
The students above are working hard to learn information from teaching (nonfiction) books by reading the pictures.
Writer's Workshop
In Writer's Workshop last week we began our Show and Tell unit! The class did a wonderful job drawing the items they brought in from home, and even began "writing" about their item by labeling their pictures with the beginning sound.
Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K!
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