I hope you are having a wonderful long weekend. We will get right
back into the swing of things on Tuesday, with another fun week ahead,
including picture day & Movie Night on Friday.
Hopefully, you have
all had a chance to tell me about any conflicts with the helper schedule. I
haven't heard from anyone, so I am assuming we are all good. Thank you to Yvonne & Hiromi for volunteering to organize the Blue Bags. I have added that rotation to the schedule. All helpers can find the schedule here.
Let me know if I need to make any additional changes. If you ever have
an unexpected conflict (sick kids, sick adult, etc.), please email the
class, as we have many parents who just wanted to help a few times, and
subbing at centers is a perfect opportunity for that. We are so excited
to have the helpers all join us starting on the 10th!
Language Arts
In language arts, we continue introducing letters and letter sounds with letters Ee and Ff this week. We will have a great read-aloud this week called The Recess Queen, which is about bullying, and ultimately, making friendships and connections by being a good friend.
We also introduced our first sight word, I, last
week. The children will come home with a sheet of sentences
using this sight word on Wednesday (in their envelope). These sentence sheets will come home
weekly, as we add more sight words. I would love for you to take time to
listen to your children read through these sentences each week. As they
master more and more sight words, they are very proud of all the
reading they are doing, and it is great for them to share this with
their families. This week's sight word is like. We will send home our "like" sentence sheet in next week's Wednesday envelope.
Math
In
math, we will continue with the topic: Numbers 1-10. We will be looking
at the value of these numbers, as well as how to write them correctly.
You can find more information about this math topic here.
Math is one of the subjects we cover in centers, so though the
paperwork is the same, the hand-on activities may be different,
depending on the ability of the group.
Science/STEAM
Thank you for the donations of toilet paper tubes. We used them for a STEAM challenge of building a new bridge for the Three Billy Goats Gruff. It had to support the goats, and then we added some heavier animals, including dinosaurs. You can see pictures of this activity here.
We
are about to begin a whole unit on apples. We will be reading
non-fiction apple books and having apple-themed STEAM centers in three
weeks. Does anyone have an apple tree who can bring in a bunch of apples
for us to use during this unit? They do not have to be edible, as many
of the projects just involve using the apples for crafts & experiments. Let me know if
you have an apple tree and can share some apples with us!
P.E.
We
had our first P.E. lesson with Coach Justin last week, and the children
all seemed to enjoy themselves. Our P.E. program is weekly on
Wednesdays. Please send your children in shoes and clothes appropriate
for fitness on Wednesdays.
I hope you continue to enjoy your weekend!
Upcoming Events:
Monday 9/3: Labor Day Holiday
Friday 9/7: Picture Day
Friday 9/7: Alta Vista Movie Night
Week of 9/10: Classroom Centers Begin
Wednesday 9/12: First Blue Book Bag goes home
Tuesday 10/2: Alta Vista STEAM Night
Tuesday 10/9: PM Class attends "Elephant & Piggie" Play
Saturday 10/17: Alta Vista Walkathon
Wednesday 10/31: Halloween Parade & Party
