Today was a great day! We started with writing the letters of the day, Ii and Jj! Then we interviewed our Camp Ranger of the day, AM: Nevaeh, and PM: Aven. Then we read our Message of the Day, did calendar, the Daily News, and wrote our Happy Campers name for their name book. We had a short recess outside in the middle of the day. Then we read a non-fiction story about all the things our hands can do. We discussed that a non-fiction book is a book about real things. Then did our math lesson of the day, discussing how we have to have a starting place and an ending place while counting objects so we do not accidentally count something twice. We talked about hidden partners in a number. For instance, 4 and 1 make 5, 3 and 2 make 5, etc. We completed our practice pages and put them in our backpack. The very last thing we did was practice how our reading rotations will go. We are going to practice these mini-rotations on Wednesday and Thursday, so when we have reading groups next week we are ready! :)
Tonight is the second night of homework! If you did not read last nights blog post about homework, please scroll below so you can get all the info you need! Remember to have your child in a quiet space and encourage your child to do their best! Please just provide them a quiet spot and read the sentence prompt to them. If they ask how to spell something, just say..."use your best guess spelling! You can do it!"
Again, here are the "very hard to follow, but super important for your kiddo's growth" homework rules:
#1- Do not spell anything for them,
#2 Do not write anything for them,
#3 Do not tell them they wrote something incorrectly.
You literally smile and say good job! I am so proud of you! That is perfect! :)
Make sure your kiddo reads their take home book at least twice to you. Remember, it's very normal and developmentally appropriate for kiddos to use picture clues. Please do not cover the pictures in your child's book.
Reminders:
1) If your child sold an item for the Cookie Dough Fundraiser, please send in the coupon for the number of items they sold. Put this in their backpack and I will give them the Minion key chain they earned.
2) If you plan on volunteering in our classroom at all OR if you want to attend any/all of our field trips, you must fill out the WSP form and return it to the office. This will take a few minutes in the office, please have your drivers license ready. Please do not send these in with your child. If you are a regular volunteer in our classroom, you can come in on Friday and get your picture taken for a volunteer pass.
3) If you haven't turned in all your school forms or picture developing money, please do so asap! Thank you!
Happy Trails!
~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer
