Important Dates/Events:
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Friday, October 22nd - Progress
Reports
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Friday, October 28th –Halloween Party
12:30-1:30
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Tuesday, November 1st – School Mass
10:00
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Thursday, November 10th – Noon
Dismissal – Conferences
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Friday, November 11th and Monday,
November 14th – No School
Classroom Party Signups: Please
consider signing up to help at one of our classroom parties this school
year. It is a great way to get involved
in our community! We are need of people
for both the Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations coming up soon.
Math: On Thursday we began our third
unit, Five and Ten Relationships. We began by representing numbers in a
ten-frame, recognizing numbers in a ten-frame, and exploring parts that make up
ten. This unit will wrap up next week
with an assessment. Up next will be our
fourth unit, Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12. Check out this link on the blog for addition
and subtraction math games: http://mrsleary1a.blogspot.com/p/math-resources-and-games.html
Phonics: On Wednesday we began our third unit which
introduces digraphs, which are two letters working together to make one sound. Examples
are:
Ship chip whip lick thin
We “mark” or signify digraphs by underlining them in our
word work practice.
Additional
topics covered in this unit are phoneme segmentation, the use of the question
mark in sentence dictation, narrative story form, reading orally with prosody
and expression and retelling a story with picture notes and visualization. The unit will span two weeks.
Religion: We are working to understand
the concepts of peace and ways that students can bring peace into the world
around them.
Guided Reading: Guided reading began this week! Each group met for their first instructional
session. Students worked to read
independently, chorally, and through page alternation in their small
group. Written response follows many
sessions. Some groups will move to a new
book next week, while others will continue for one or two more sessions before
they move on.
Have a great weekend!
