Week Ending 9/16/16

We have finished our first full week of school!  We are all settling back into the routine of the classroom and learning more and more about each other!  

Important information:

• It's was nice to see many of you at open house last night.  I do realize it can be very difficult to attend events in the evening so if you couldn't make it, be sure to check out my website and the Open House page for the PowerPoint showing an over view of our year.  Also, your child is bringing home an "All About Me" apple for you to see and another apple for you.
• Often families ask about birthdays...please do not send any type of food in for birthdays. Another way to celebrate your child's birthday is coming in to read a story to our class near the big day.  You can choose a book from home or your child can choose one from here.  
• Be sure to enter your email address in the spot on our blog that says "Follow by email" so you don't miss any posts.  

3, 2, 1 things we've been working on:

3 math skills we've been practicing are identifying which number is larger in a Top It game (similar to a card game you may already know, so ask your child about it), quickly identifying combinations up to 10 with game called Penny Plate, and adding up larger amounts of money.  We also started working our challenge work. 

2 read alouds we read and discussed were Calvin Can't Fly (about a bird who can't fly and chooses to read instead) and Quiet Place (about how finding a quiet place to be alone and get lost in a book is a great place to be). 

1 Responsive Classroom activity we are working on is writing our hopes and dreams for the school year.  

Below are a few pictures from today's Penny Plate game: