Mrs.

Richardsons Class August 29, 2014

August News
Reminders/ Upcoming Events
Septe!er 1" #a!or $a% &No
School'
Septe!er 11" $awg (al) * $ue
Septe!er 12" Scholastic orders
due
Septe!er 1+" ,arl% $isissal
-cto!er 9" $awg (al)
Reading
Ne.t wee), the /ocus will !e to understand the iportance o/ reading. (e tal)ed a!out
who reads, what people read, and where to read. (e then will !rainstor and a)e a
!oo)let. Ne.t wee), we will !egin discussing $ail% 0. (e will a)e an 1"chart o/
e.pectations /or Read to Sel/. 2he students will practice !uilding their staina. (e will
practice right and wrong !eha3iors, and slowl% increase our length o/ tie. 1 hoping we
a% e3en !egin the 4(riting5 portion o/ our $ail% 0. Ne.t wee) we will also !egin our whole
group word wall words. 1n the ne.t wee)s, %our child will !ring hoe their own list o/
spelling words !ased on their le3el. 2he students will !e tested on the wee)l%. 1/ the%
iss a word, the% will ha3e the word again. 2he% will also ha3e a chance to practice in class.
Odds & Ends
"Chase will !e the student we are 46ugg%
-3er5 ne.t wee)7
,3en though students didnt ha3e an actual li!rar%
class this wee), the% were a!le to chec) out
!oo)s. (e ha3e li!rar% e3er% other wee), so
students need to !ring their !oo)s !ac) on
Setepmber 9
th
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1/ %ou want to a)e a Scholastic order on"line, our
code is 8$9#:.
(e ha3e !een wor)ing hard on e.pectations. As)
%our child i/ the% were a!le to earn a $o;o reward
this wee)7
Writing
(e started our writing wor)shop this wee)7 (e read #i!rar%
Mouse and tal)ed a!out how he !ecae author !ecause he
wrote stories a!out hisel/. ,ach da% 1 odel a stor%, and
the students ha3e a chance to illustrate and !ecae write
their own stor%. (hen student are done the% ha3e < options=
add to the words, add to the picture, or start a new piece o/
writing. Students also ha3e /olders that are considered their
4tool !o.5. 1t has all o/ our word wall words, handwriting
page, and a card that helps the associate a picture with
each sound o/ the alpha!et &as well as coon !lends and
digraphs such as !l and ch'. (hen %ou /inish %our 41dea
Note!oo)5 please !e sure to send it % wa%7
Math
(e started Chapter -ne in Math this wee)>
which is Addition Concepts. ,ach chapter, e3er%
student gets their own consua!le Math !oo). At
the end o/ each chapter, the% will ta)e it hoe.
(e will tear pages out /ro tie to tie>!ut a
a;orit% will sta% in their !oo). 2he words we will
!e tal)ing a!out are plus, add, su, addition
&nu!er' sentence. Students each ha3e their own
4tool !o.es5 with counters, cu!es, etc that the%
can use to help the add. Soe students pre/er
to draw a picture?use their /ingers.