The Owl Times
September
Week of 9/19-9/23
Themes: Colors/shapes, Bus Safety, School
Letters: b and f
Reading: This week I will demonstrate how to read words at the top of the page and move across the words from left to right, demonstrating one-to-one match. When they come to the end of the line, they move down to the next line, sweeping back to the first word at the left side of the page. The students will also be thinking about their own reading identities by reflecting on themselves as readers. These include thinking about the kinds of books they enjoy reading, the locations they like to read in, and the people they like to read with. Students will use pictures to help them read the words and make meaning of a text.
We will be reviewing colors this week. We will read the popular story, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? with the predictable pattern focusing on colors. We will also read The Crayon Box that Talkedwith the simple message that when we all work together, the results are much more interesting and colorful.
I will continue to be testing the children throughout the week to get a baseline of readiness skills. This includes letters, sounds, words, numbers, counting, shapes, and colors.
Fundations: Letters b and f
The handwriting HW page comes home on Monday and it is not due until Thursday, Please don’t feel like you need to rush to hand it in on Tuesday. The students are introduced to the proper way to write the letters on Monday. However, we will be practicing them throughout the week. I want to make sure they are practicing it at home the correct way. They should be thinking the procedure in their head.
Letter b.
“Start at the sky line. Go down to the grass line. Trace up to the plane line and around to the grass line. B, bat, b(sound)”
Letter f
“Start at the sky line. Trace back to the sky line. Go down to the grass line. Cross over the plane line. F, fun, f(sound)”
Math:We will be working on numbers 5 and 0. They will use counters to represent a number of objects with number names and written numerals. We will also solve problems using the strategy making a model and we will be reviewing our basic shapes.
Show and Tell:
Show and tell this week. You child may bring an item from home that begins with the letter b or f.
Last Names A-L (You have Show and Tell on Tuesdays)
Last Names M-Z (You have Show and Tell onWednesdays)
See the Show and Tell page for the letters each week.
*Your child can chooseeitherletter for their show and tell item each week!
Star Student:
Max Adamsis our star of the week!! I handed out a schedule. If you did not receive it, let me know. It’s also on the website.
Healthy Snack:
Please make sure you pack a SEPARATE snack in your child’s bookbag. We eat snack around 10:30 am.
Behavior:
Students are still trying to earn Brownie Points as a team and fill up their buckets on an individual basis.
Handwriting:This week’s homework will be the letter b and f worksheet. Due Thursday.
Reading:If you haven’t done so, please send in a picture of your child reading a book.
Also, please read to your child each night until he or she begins bringing home books from school to read to you.
A math packet will come home daily. It contains the lesson completed in class and also a homework page and lesson review. Please use those extra pages for some fun practice, playing school, or review. They are not required to come back to school. Thank you!
Show & Tell:Bring in something that begins with the letter b or f.