A Peek at the Week of 9/27/10

Superkids: In class we are working on unit 2. We are reading and spelling question words. We have had fun practicing memory words by using play dough! During the week I will be meeting with each student. I will be assessing them on skills we have worked on thus far. It is always such a pleasure to hear the children read aloud. They are so proud of themselves! In addition to our reading and language work we are loving songs and poems. We are even making a big book of the poem "Apple Happy" to give to Mrs. Dalbec's class. This year we will be making many big books for all three of the kindergarten classes.

Math: In math we are having our first assessment on skills that we have worked on thus far. We are also starting word problems. We will be talking about having "Some, some more" and "Some, some went away" for addition and subtraction. We are sorting by one attribute such as color, size, number of sides, and angles.

Social Studies: We will be spending another week on the same skills as last week. From now on we will work on science for two weeks and follow with social studies for two weeks.

Religion: We are continuing to learn about the Mass. We will be practicing responses and be creating our own class Blessings Prayer. Last week we had a wonderful time as we had a chance to look closely at our church.We drew pictures of things that we thought were important. The children really enjoyed getting a close look at the altar. I am so happy to report that while we were exploring and drawing the children showed great respect and self control in this sacred space.

This and That
Please be sure that you child brings a water bottle to school each day to reduce the spread of germs.

Also, be sure that your child has a school sweater in their back pack each day. The temperature fluctuates throughout the building. Sweatshirts and other types of sweaters are not to be worn with the school uniform in the building.

Please be certain to label your child's lunchbox and all of their sweaters and clothing!

Next week we will have a special guest from the Northboro Fire Department to teach us about Fire Safety.

As we approach the half way point of the first quarter I am so happy to tell you that the children are really getting into good routines and enjoying first grade. The days are flying by and as you can imagine, there is never a dull moment!

Have a great week! Pray for sunshine!
sunshine +outdoor recess= happy kids and teachers :)