September 4 - Newsletter

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Wed., Sept 5th—Picture Day—K-2

-Fri., Sept 7th—Book Orders Due

-Mon. Sept. 17th—Delayed Start

Gingerbread Day was a success!  We chased our Gingerbread Man all around the school. We visited many places and met several important people who work at our school. Special thanks to Mrs. Roberts for coming in to bake for us, and several parents who we met along the way—Mr. Mulder, Mrs. Bronkema, & Mr. Wissner.  We even met up with Sheriff Bosscher in the hall who was able to help us in our search! The students were very excited; I hope you had a chance to hear all about it!

PICTURE DAY:

Our picture day is Wednesday, September 5th. ALL students will be photographed for the yearbook and library cards. If you’d like to purchase pictures, please be sure to send in your payment and completed envelope by Wednesday morning. Don’t forget your SMILE!

READING:

The next few weeks we will introduce 1-2 letters each day and do several activities with the focus letter(s). Once we’ve made it through the entire alphabet, we will then start an in-depth study of each letter, spending a week on each letter. This week our reading lessons will focus on the letters A, B, C, D, E, & F. We will also introduce our first sightword—I. We will spend time learning the parts of a book and practice tracking print from left to right, as we read and recite familiar nursery rhymes.

WRITING: 

This week we will complete a journal about our friends at school and a class book about things we love as we introduce nouns. We will also continue to practice correct formation of the letters in our names, handwriting the letters A-F, and writing simple sentences with the sightword I.

MATH:

This week we will go on a Number Hunt, looking for numbers around our classroom and the school. We wil lbe learning how to write and represent the numbers 0, 1, & 2.

SCIENCE:

This week in Science we will be learning about our 5 Senses and how they can help us explore our world. I’m hoping that our Monarch Butterflies will emerge this week so that we can release them to migrate to Mexico—it’s always exciting for the students to watch this process!

SOCIAL STUDIES:

In Social Studies we will continue to learn about Rules at home and school. We will also learn about the American Flag and practice reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.