Don't forget to get your book orders in by this MONDAY! Head to - https://orders.scholastic.com/LGVW7 to order. There are some awesome books, many for just $1. Your child is likely starting to read like crazy - how fun to get new books!
Coming up:
- Tuesday, October 17: Marco's Pizza Night. Be sure to tell them my name when you order. We'd love to earn a pizza party!
- Monday, October 23: Book order due
- 10/24 - 10/26: All for Books Coin War. Please send in your loose change! (Feel free to send in anytime before as well.)
- Thursday, October 26: Picture Retakes / Bauer Skating Party at Terry Hall
- Tuesday, October 31: Halloween Party at 9am
- Friday, November 3: Early Release Day (Bauer Be Awesome Shirt Day)
- Wednesday, November 8 and Tuesday, November 14: Parent/Teacher Conferences (notices with times will be sent home next MONDAY)
- Tuesday, November 28: Bauer Holiday Music Program
What we have been working on:
- Reading: We started our work with reading partners this past week. We learned how to take turns while reading with each other. We also searched for words that make the /k/ sound as in bike, rack, cone, and skip, and recorded them in our reader's notebooks.
- Writing: This week we began writing our small moment stories. I am amazed by the work I am seeing! Continue to encourage your child to "say as they write" anytime they are writing at home. Their practice is paying off. This coming week we will continue our stories.
- Math: We will be wrapping up unit 2 next week. We are projected to take our unit 2 test on Tuesday.
- Whiteboard Practice: To extend our practice reading and writing words with the /o/ sound, we discussed the concept of homophones this week. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and mean different things. We looked at the words rode and road. When we said the sounds in each word it was exactly the same, however when we started spelling it out it was different! To help us understand the meanings and to be sure we could remember the spellings, we first put a dot under each 1-letter sound and a dash under each 2-letter sound. Then we drew a picture next to each word. To wrap up, we wrote a sentence trying to use both words in the correct context! (see picture) This would be a great activity to do at home with other homophones such as: ate/eight, be/bee, to/two, or any others! Be sure your child is saying those sounds out loud as they write each word in their sentence. Also be sure to correct handwriting and spelling errors!
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