Important
Dates/Events:
·
Friday, October 7th and Monday,
October 10th – No School
·
Tuesday, October 11th—Moose Hill Trip
·
Wednesday, October 12th- Picture Day (uniforms not
required)
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Thursday, October 13th – Fundations
Night 6:30
·
Friday, October 21st – Progress
Reports
Moose Hill: We
will be traveling to Moose Hill next Tuesday, October, 11th. We will depart school by bus at 8:30 and will
return by 12:15. Students should bring a
bag lunch, snack and water bottle for the trip.
This trip is weather dependent.
Students should wear their gym uniform and dress for fall weather in the
woods.
Fundations Night: Next
Thursday at 6:30, BSS will host a parent information night about our phonics
program, Fundations. This night may be
helpful for you as parents to get a sense of the day to day instruction. I have a previous commitment and will not be
at school, however other members of the K-3 grade team will be presenting.
Upcoming Star of the
Week: Emersyn (October 17th)
Math: We just
completed work in our second unit, Understanding Subtraction. This week we worked with stories about
missing parts, and subtraction problem solving through acting out
problems. We ended the week with our
unit assessment. Up next is our third
unit, Five and Ten Relationships. We
will begin by representing numbers in a ten-frame, recognizing numbers in a
ten-frame, and exploring parts that make up ten.
Phonics: We wrapped up work in our second unit, which focused
on three sound short vowel words, punctuation and proofreading procedures, and
trick words. An assessment on these
skills was sent home earlier this week.
Our third unit will focus on digraphs, which is two letters working
together to make one sound like in the word ship.
Religion: In
Religion we discussed guardian angels both in class and during our school
mass. We are nearly done with our study
of the Trinity.
Guided Reading: We will begin Guided Reading next week. The information that I gathered about student
reading levels through the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment has helped
me place students in small groups for direct reading instruction. Mrs. Arbuckle and I will work with students
several times during the week using books are at your child’s reading level.
Have a great long weekend!
Alison
