Newsletter - September 10

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Mon., Sept 10th-Fun 2 B Fit Shirt Orders Due

-Fri., Sept 14th—Elementary Fundraiser Due

-Fri., Sept 14th—Library

-Mon. Sept. 17th—Delayed Start

TESTING:

We will be completing our beginning of the year screeners and assessments over the next 2 weeks. We will visit the computer lab to take the NWEA Map Assessment—a computer-based assessment for both Math & Reading. We will also be completing the DIBELS screener one-on-one with the students. This will allows us to identify students who might need some extra supports at home and school. I’ll be sharing the results with you so that you can be an active part of your child’s success!

READING:

This week our reading lessons will focus on the letters G, H, I , J, K, L, & M. We will also introduce the sightword—can. We will continue to work on recognizing, naming, and writing our letters during literacy stations. The students have learned a couple of fun letter apps on their ipads and this week we will begin starfall.com on the computers. They are also doing a nice job of reading from their book boxes during ‘read to self’ time after lunch. This week we will introduce Eagle Eye who reminds us to look at the pictures for clues to figure out the words while we are reading.

WRITING:  

We will continue our unit on Speaking and Listening as we talk about ‘things we know and can do.’ We will also learn about question words and practice using them—who, what, when, where, why, & how, as well as prepositional words—on, under, between, beside, over, etc. We will complete a couple of journals pages about butterflies and our families, as we practice adding colors and details.

MATH: 

We will be learning how to identify and write the numbers 3-5. We will also practice counting items using one-to-one correspondence and work on building numbers using different manipulatives. We will create and interpret data with graphs this week; we will graph our birthdays and our ages.

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES: 

Last week we released 4 butterflies and we have 1 more to send on their migration journey to Mexico. This week we will be learning about what Scientists do and we will take a walking fieldtrip to the Butterfly Garden where we will practice being Scientists—using our 5 senses. In Social Studies we will wrap us our Unit on School Rules by learning some fair ways to make decisions in a group.

MCBAIN RAMBLERS APP:

The Tech Dech has just released a new app that is available for download in the App Store where you can get school information, announcements, lunch info., etc - be sure to check it out!