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Mrs. Haake’s News
Mrs. Haake: 952-496-5802
- If your child is doing something other than usual after school, please let me know. If I do not get a note or email the day prior to the event or the morning of the activity then your child will be sent to his/her regularly scheduled destination.
- Breakfast: Remind your child that if they are hungry in the morning or don’t have time to eat at home, they can go to the cafeteria to eat breakfast when they get off the bus. They will just type in their lunch number and the money will come out of their account.
- Grandparents/Special Friends Day: October 7th. If a grandparent or special friend is not able to attend with your child, you are more than welcome to come and enjoy the afternoon with your child. When you get here at 9:30 AM, meet in the cafeteria. The activities will then be held in your child’s classroom until 10:45 PM.
- Book Check out: We will begin checkout for leveled reading books to take home. Students will come home with a book in a book bag they will be responsible for. Reading is part of their daily homework. 20 minutes a day or 200+ minutes a month is the goal! Please have your child read with you at home every evening. Parents, you will need to sign on the reading log sheet to show that your student read the book, and then have your child return it back to school in the bag to switch it out for a new book. Your child is always welcome to read any books at home in addition to the book bag books. Any amount reading can be counted on the reading log; reading to someone, reading with someone, or listening to a story are all accepted as minutes. J
**If you notice your child comes home with the same book every day or it is too hard, give them a reminder to switch their book. They are in charge of switching it every day. This book should be at a level or two below where they are being instructed. They are reading for fluency (reading smoothly and with expression).
Media Book Checkout: Cycle Days 1 and 5
The Week of September 26th-30th Cycle Days 5.6.7.8.9 and
October 3rd-7th Cycle Days 10.1.2.3.4
September 23- First Grade Apple Day (Party from 12:50-1:50)
September 26-30- Friendship Week (Anti-Bullying)
September 28- Fall Fundraiser Kick-Off (Read and Run-a-Thon)
October 5- Picture Day
October 7-Grandparents/Special Person Day (K,1,2) 9:30-10:45 Meet in the cafeteria
The Week of October 10th-14th Cycle Days 5.6.7.8.9
October
The Week of October 17th-18th Cycle Days 10. 1 and 24th-28th Cycle Days 2.3.4.5.6
October 17-PTO meeting 6:30 PM (Childcare Provided)
October 18- Fall Read and Run-a-Thon Fundraiser
October 19-21 NO SCHOOL Fall Break
October 24-Field Trip to the Landing (Leave at 8:30 AM)
October 28-First Quarter Ends and Harvest Party
October 31-NO SCHOOL Planning Day
Reading
· Students will be able to identify various parts of a non-fiction book.
· Students will be able to find the main idea and details in a non-fiction text.
· Good readers use strategies to figure out unknown words (pictures, re-reading, chunks, predicting, etc.)
· Good readers ask questions to help us better understand what we are reading.
Writing Workshop
Students will continue to learn about the writing process
- will learn how to edit a story (Capital Letter, ending punctuation, word wall words spelled correctly)
- will review how to write a complete sentence using a “who”, “did what”, “when”, and “where”.
-will publish their story (share with the class).
Genre: Personal Narrative (End of the year goal is to have 12 sentences in their stories.)
Word Work
The students will
~Review letter sounds ~Blend words to read ~Read sight words quickly
The students will read and spell words with
~Beginning blends ~Short vowels
Math
Operations and Simple Equations - The students will:
- Use addition strategies
- Use subtraction strategies
- Read and write addition equations
- Read and write subtraction equations
- Begin solving story problems.
- Continue working on finding the unknown total, and talking about unknown partners in an equation.
Theme (Science, Social Studies, Health)
Health – Review Jackson Pride
Social Studies - we will learn what family life was like long ago compared to today. Along with our Social Studies unit on family life long ago, we will be taking a field trip to Historic Murphy’s Landing in Shakopee.
Science – We will learn how scientists work and will be doing our first PLTW module called Sun, Moon and Stars.
Homework: Reading: Read for 20 minutes every night and get your reading log signed by an adult. Practice reading words on your High-Frequency Word List.
Math: Look for it homework in the take-home folder. I will send them home around 4 (give or take) days a week. Please send it back the next day.
Writing: You can prepare your child for Writing Workshop by orally telling the story they plan to write the next day. Small moments are the best!
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