Week ending 9/25/15

It's Friday!  I think every one is ready for the weekend!  I hope you and your families are doing something fun and I can't wait to hear all about it Monday!  Monday will be our first full week of school.
Important information:

• As the weather changes, please be sure to send in a jacket or sweatshirt for the mornings or recess times.
• Please be sure your child wears sneakers on Wednesdays and Thursdays for physical education.

3, 2, 1 things we worked on this week were…

3 skills we practiced in math were measuring each other with cubes, comparing numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to, and practicing review problems in math boxes.  

2 books we listened to in read aloud were Miss Brooks Loves Books and I Don't to focus on choosing books that they really enjoy and Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth to focus on sounding out words carefully and slowly.

1 thing Andrew wants you to know that he was surprised by what the art room looked like.  There were really comfy bean bag chairs.  

Here's a look at some of our math measuring…

Week ending 9/18/15

Hi Families,
We've had a great week!  We've worked on a lot of routines and expectations and have spent time practicing.  Practicing now saves time later!  It's been warm but I think next week will have more September like weather, at least we hope!
Important information:

• Please continue to send in dismissal changes in a note.  It's so helpful!
• Please continue to meet me outside to pick up your child and encourage them to high 5 me before leaving.  This helps me check off each student.  
• Next week there is no school on the 23rd, Wednesday.  

3, 2, 1 things you should know…

3 parts of Responsive Classroom we worked on this week were: setting up our rules and signing them, talking about Rest Stop and how it can help us relax, calm down, take a break, and get refocused on our work, and we learned a clap game in morning meeting.

2 writing activities we completed were the writing prompt and writing about our summers.  The writing prompt was asking them to write a small moments story about anything they wanted, as long as it was true.  They worked really hard!  After I look them, I'll have a better idea of where each child is in their writing journey.  

1 thing Jayden wants you to know about school this week is we practiced telling time and reading books.

Week ending 9/11/15

Welcome back to school!
We've had a great week!  I've really enjoyed meeting and starting to get to know each of our students this year!  This week has been filled with getting to know you activities, learning and practicing expectations and routines, attending specials, and getting our room set up to be "ours".  We will spend a great deal of time over the next month or so learning about each other and learning about our room.  We will practice expectations and routines so each of them knows what I'm expecting and what to do.  We practice, model, and help each other.  The more we practice now, the less we do later and the smoother the year goes.
Important information:

• Specials:
• Monday: Art
• Tuesday: Music
• Wednesday: Physical Education (don't forget your sneakers)
• Thursday: Physical Education (don't forget your sneakers)
• Friday: Library (don't forget your books)
• There is no school on Monday.  
• Thank you for helping with dismissal by coming to get your child and checking in with me before leaving.  I'm asked all the students to say good bye and high five me before leaving.  It's very important to be sure I know who the students go with and as I'm getting to know each of you, this is very helpful!  Don't forget that if there is dismissal changes, please send a note in.

3, 2, 1 things you need to know about our class this week…
3 books we read this week were: Brand New Pencils, Brand New Books, First Year Letters, and Chrysanthemum.

2 skills we practiced in math were telling time and how the calendar works.

1 thing Gabriel wants you to know about 2nd grade is we need to be quiet during fire drills.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. DeKing