Room 404 Stars
September 25, 2015
Curriculum Updates
In Language Arts: We are continuing to
work on writing in complete sentences.
We broke sentences down into naming
parts (subject) and telling parts
(predicate). We will continue to look at
different components of a sentence and
will be introducing parts of speech with
NOUNS next week.
In Reading: We are in full swing with
Guided Reading! Here the students work
in small groups with a teacher each day on
many reading skills at their instructional
level. We are sure you have noticed your
child’s book bag coming home with a book
to read to you! Please be sure to sign your
child’s book log after they read to you.
It can be found in the book bag.  Your
child needs your support with reading at
home, so please find the time for reading
each night.
On that note, the reading tickets have
been coming in like crazy!! We are thrilled
with the amount of reading that is
happening at home. The October Reading
Incentive tickets will be coming home
next week on October 1. Please continue
to send in those tickets!!
We began our work with short vowels and
short vowel word families this week. We
have worked with short “a” and the “at”
and “an” families so far. Next will be
short e.
We are continuing to progress through
the Launch Unit of the Reading
Foundations curriculum. These whole
group lessons are helping the children
discover how to be a part of a reading
community and develop their listening,
sharing, and discussion skills.
In Spelling, students have been learning
to recognize and spell the first 40 sight
words. It is really important that these
words are mastered and applied to daily
writing.
Next Monday, your child will be given
their Words Their Way sort/list. The
homework will come home on Monday’s
with the sort. The homework is due
every Thursday. (This is a change.) We
have practiced sorting words and
completing the homework together in
class. Almost everyone turned in the
spelling homework this week. This is a
skill on the report card.
In Math: We just finished our first
Module in Origo Math. In this module, we
learned about place value. We circled and
created groups of ten and ones, we wrote
in expanded form (1 tens and 5 ones = 15),
and we added numbers to ten to create
teen numbers. We have been very busy!
Daily lessons and work are completed in
individual journals. Few papers will be
coming home. Module 2 will expand
students understanding of numbers
through 20. We will continue to
decompose numbers to deepen our
understanding (subitizing) of numbers 8
and 9.
Room 404 Stars
September 25, 2015
In Social Studies, we continued with our
first unit: My School and Family. This
week we talked about the importance of
rules. We have worked on creating and
understanding the reasons for rules in
our community. Next week we will be
learning about our community at Isaac
Fox.
General Information
Your child should be reading a minimum of
10-15 minutes per day. Please remember
to keep track of minutes on the reading
tickets. Keep the reading tickets coming
in. The last day for these is Wednesday,
September 30th.
Please continue to send in water bottles.
Our water fountain is in the process of
being repaired. 
Reminders:
9/30- Early Release 12:50
9/30 – Last day for September tickets
10/ 7 Walk to School Day
10/13- No school Columbus Day
10/15 Family Literacy Night
10/22 Early Release 12:50
10/30 – Halloween Party/Parade
Thank you!
Mrs. Sheri Brizzee & Mrs. Ellen Finer
Sheri.brizzee@lz95.org
ellen.finer@lz95.org
(847) 540-2828