CLASSROOM NEWS September 21, 2015 WHAT WE’VE BEEN LEARNING Poetry Journals/Shared Reading Poetry: I Am Me and RED! • Prediction • Echo read • Rhyme, • Sight words • Fluency • Reading with expression Shared Reading: Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus, The Duckling Gets A Cookie, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, From Head to Toe Readers Workshop/Fundamentals Reading • • • • • Tuesday is Picture Day (9/22/15). If you want the picture, you must fill out the form or order on-line. Send the form to school by Tuesday morning with money. • Please remind your child to use the bathroom before they get on the bus. We just don’t have enough time to do a bathroom break as soon as the day starts. • Our Room Parents sent out a note last week. Please fill it out and return it to me as soon as you can. Put the note and the money in an envelope addressed to the Room Parent. Readers Workshop Introduction & Routine Ready To Learn Be A Book Lover, Not A Book Bully Read to Self Jolly Phonics Story line, action, flash cards, letter formation and blending for letters: i, p, n, ck, e and h. Math • • • • Just In General... Creating Groups of Objects Sorting into Groups Dot Cards, Picture Cards and Manipulatives Number of the day New Sight Words Books That We Read The Selfish Crocodile The Deep Blue Sea Seven Blind Mice Go Away Big Green Monster Dates To Remember am, me, can Writing Journals • What should I write about? • Does my illustration match my thought? • Writing tools Hand Writing and Name Writing September 22 - Picture Day September 25 - No School (Institute Day) September 30 - Early Release A.M. 8:35 - 10:10 P.M.11:15 - 12:50 October 12 - No School, Columbus Day