During the upcoming week we will be reviewing many of the topics that we have been covering in class since October. Students will spend time going over their sight words, playing our math games, reading our letter of the week poems, and of course blending the sounds together from our jolly phonics program. We will continue to practice our reading stratagies of 'get your mouh ready' and 'use picture clues' as well as work on reading independently for a extended period of time.
A new topic we will focus on is our 5 senses. The class will be introduced to the 5 senses (taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell) through read alouds, short video clips, and hands on expereinces. There also will be opportunities to visit our wonder center which will be filled with 5 senses materials. Our study of the 5 senses will carry into the following week and will lead into our next unit of study in science, nutrition.
Conferences will be held Wednesday evening and all day Thursday (there is no school on this day). I look forward to meeting with you during your assigned time and discussing your child's academic and social progress this year. Conferences are meant to be for parents only. If you do need to bring your child, it may be best to bring something for them to work on outside of the classroom. There is a lot to go over and only a short time to do it, so I apologize in advance if we run out of time. As you know, I am always available to talk about your child. Sending me an email with any quick questions is always a good way to get a fast update! The book fair will be in the LMC on conference days. There are a lot of great books available so you may want to set aside some time to visit! There will be a classroom wish list at the book fair. These books would be used in our classroom to support our curriculum or for the children to read at free reading time. KW students LOVE to read!
As the cold weather approaches I always like to remind everyone again how difficult it is to get coats, hats, scarves, boots, snowpants, etc on 25 kids, 3 times a day, in a timely manner. I can not tell you how helpful it is if your child can COMPLETELY dress themselves in their winter gear (including putting back on and tying their shoes). There are still several children who can not zip their own coats (some coats are cute but very hard to zip), pull sleeves back (especially from those coats that have that zip in extra layer), or reattach hoods/fur that come off their coats. I can not even begin to tell you how much time I spend doing these things everyday, time that could be used in a more productive manner! I truly appreciate any time you spend helping your child learn to complete these tasks on their own.
Looks like another nice fall weekend ahead. I hope you have some fun things planned!
