PARENTS,

PTO is meeting tonight. They are always in need of a few good parents! Attend if you can. 

Breakfast with a book is this Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. It is a great opportunity to sit down with your child, have a donut and juice, and help them pick out a book to keep. You should send in a reservation slip, but if you didn’t you are still welcome. So breakfast and the book are free!!

Reading Rap:

Our reading series is rich with literature. Our current theme is “Let’s Count!“. Each week we have a student friendly story, a teacher read-a-loud, and a booklet from our phonics set. This week’s stories are as follows:

Student Story:

Feast for Ten

by Cathryn Falwell

Teacher Read-a-Loud:

Bennies Pennies

by Pat Brisson

We will use classifying and categorizing items in stories to help us make decisions about them this week.

Breakthrough Connection

Our Breakthrough story for this week is "One, One is the Sun". It is about words that rhyme with the numbers one through six. A copy of this story will come home on Friday. Your child may have memorized the story. Encourage them to point to each word as they read. Please read it with your child!

Snack Track

We love healthy snacks like grahams, crackers, cereal, and fruit snacks. Will parents of the following children PLEASE send treats for 25 next Monday:

Jaylen, Jermaria, KaMillah, La’Myia, & Layla

Calendar Notes:

Oct. 5 - Fall Festival 5:30-7:30pm

Oct. 9 – NO SCHOOL Columbus Day

Oct. 10 – PTO Meeting 6-7pm

Oct. 12 – Breakfast with a Book 7:30am

Oct. 16 – Book Club 5:30pm

Sight Word Center

Words for this week are:

wemy

upfor

Practice these words as often as you can. Look at them, name them, spell them, make sentences with them, write them, and have fun with them!!

Math Matters

We are completing our topic on comparing the numbers 0-5. We looked at equal amounts, greater than, and less than. When comparing pictured amounts WE ARE AWESOME. But some of us have trouble when asked to provide an mount that meet the ‘equal’, ‘greater than’, or ‘less than’ amounts. Example: This group has 4. Can you make a group that is less than 4?

Please notice that the last page of math class work is done independently. That means your child is doing the work by themselves – unless otherwise noted. Check this page regularly to see how your child is doing!

STUDENT of the WEEK

Our Student of the Week for next week is:

Spencer

Bring a picture of you and one of your family. They will be part of a poster!

Learning Letters

Every week we practice all of the alphabet. This week, as part of our theme, we will do extra practice on the shapes and sounds of:

D d P p

What picture can you bring in for our poster on Friday?

Story Talk

Each week we answer a question about the teacher read-a-loud story designed to encourage thinking about the story in different ways. This week’s story is

“Bennies Pennies”. Our question is: What would you buy with 5 shiny new pennies? Feel free to discuss this question with your child at home too!

Word Family

We are working with word families to enhance our reading and writing skills. This week we are focusing on short words that end with:

- at

Can you make a list with your student?

Help At Home

There are always things you as a parent and first teacher can do to help your child succeed. This week I encourage you to ask your child to read quietly for 10 minutes before going to bed.

* REMINDERS *

- Zander is our Student of the Week for this week.

- Next Week: C c A a

of, by, when, what

SUPER SENTENCE

Each week I will put one sentence for you to work with at home. Write the sentence in larger sized letters for your student and then just read it with him/her daily. If your child loves to write, encourage them to write the sentence a couple times during the week.

Fill in the blank with a different fun answer each day!

We can play my ______.

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