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Monday, August 23, 2010

August 23rd

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! I just wanted to let all the parents know that I am so impressed with the students' great behavior here at school. They are all participating in class, remembering their manners and setting a good example for others. Let's keep it up!


As a reminder, this Thursday night is Curriculum night. It starts at 7. There is a town hall meeting at 6:45 for new parents only. Administration is asking that if you are not new to the school, you skip the town hall meeting due to parking. I look forward to seeing everyone!

Here's what we did today:
In Reading we discussed we can think about our reading such as making connections, predicting, summarizing, and noticing the author's choice of words. I encourage the students to stop and write down their thoughts on sticky notes as they read indpendently.

In Math we finished up Chapter 1 by discussing benchmark numbers and pictographs. We will review Chapter 1 tomorrow and there will be a test on Wednesday.

We did our first word sort during Word Study and sorted our list into short vowels/long vowels/ and both.

In Writing we shared our Writer's Notebooks and signed a contract promising to take extra good care of our notebooks and use them to learn about ourselves as writers.

Finally, in Social Studies we read the book A River Ran Wild and discussed how rivers can affect the area around them and vice versa.

Here's tonight's homework:

Reading-Keep reading at home and recording the minutes in your planner.

Writing-Write in your Writer's Notebook 3 times this week.

Math-Finish WS 1.4 and 1.5. Chapter 1 test Wednesday.

Have a great Monday night!

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