Dear Family,
Ask me about...
Miscellaneous
Reading
Writing
Phonics
Math
Sincerely,
Your child
P.S. A note from Mrs. Pelkey…
Last week I sent home a copy of our class picture with each child. One child accidentally left his or her class photo behind. If your child did not take home a class photo, please let me know! I also have a few extra class photos if anyone would like a second copy. Picture retakes will be held on Thursday, November 1st.
Upcoming Events
Thank you to all that have sent in a pumpkin for your child so far!
Our classroom looks very festive!
Ask me about...
Miscellaneous
- the one-minute greeting and the formal greeting
- poems of the week, There Once Was a Pumpkin and The Leaves of the Trees
- underlining rhyming words in our poems; high lighting trick words in our poems
- our brain break song, Shark Attack (popularly known as Baby Shark)
- the King and Queen Bees: Ansh and Kat
- doing a "desk dump" to organize our desks
- meeting with our 3rd grade learning buddies to share our writing
- the first (and second) Popcorn Friday
- doing the Friday dance with Stone and Ben
Reading
- choosing our own just right books for our book bins
- tracking words with our eyes rather than pointing to words on the page
- scooping up words (with spoons!) in phrases to practice reading smoothly
- rereading to make our voices smoother
- stop, think, and talk: sharing our thinking about the story with our reading partner
- rereading to notice more about the story, using magnifying glasses
- reading with Raz-Kids on the iPads (family letter to be sent home soon)
Writing
- how to write a friendly letter
- the parts of a letter
- adding details to our stories using carets and revision strips
- adding a new page to our booklet using the stapler!
- watermelon topics vs. seed stories
- zooming in on big events to write small moment stories
- stretching out words to spell them
- looking for words around the room/word wall
Phonics
- tapping out CVC words to read and spell them
- taking the Unit 2 phonics test on CVC words
- singing our special alphabet song with hand motions
- using words in a complete sentence
- the two important parts of a sentence (a capital letter and an end mark)
- the 3 different kinds of end marks in a sentence
- reading and spelling trick words: the, a, and, of, is, his, as, has
- using phonics notebooks to record our tricks words and words of the day
- beginning Unit 3 on digraphs: wh, sh, th, ch, ck
- what a digraph is (two consonants that make one sound)
- how to tap out a word with a digraph, like: /sh/ /i/ /p/ > ship
Math
- showing and solving addition story problems with circle drawings and equations
- identifying true and false equations using the equal and not equal symbols
- solving addition equations with unknown totals using the counting on strategy
- counting on vs. counting all
- counting on with dots and with our fingers
- solving addition equations by counting on from the greater number
- playing the Number Quilt Game using count on cards (independent flashcard game with addition equations)
Sincerely,
Your child
P.S. A note from Mrs. Pelkey…
Last week I sent home a copy of our class picture with each child. One child accidentally left his or her class photo behind. If your child did not take home a class photo, please let me know! I also have a few extra class photos if anyone would like a second copy. Picture retakes will be held on Thursday, November 1st.
Upcoming Events
- Fun Run Pep Rally: Thursday, October 25th
- Halloween Bingo: Thursday, October 25th, 6:30-8:00
- Pumpkin Investigations: Friday, October 26th from 1:45-3:00
- Library Storybook Pumpkin Patch Contest: Monday, October 29th
Thank you to all that have sent in a pumpkin for your child so far!
Our classroom looks very festive!