Mrs. Smith’s Class September 16, 2011
A peek at our week:
This week, we have studied the ending sound blends of –nd and -nk. We have read nonfiction books this week and discussing the author’s purposes for writing the story. In writing, we wrote “What am I?” riddles. The students described a noun and the rest of our class will try to guess what they have written about. We are working on writing descriptively. In math, we are continuing to work on addition. We have been discussing turnaround facts. An example of a turnaround fact is 2+4=6 and 4+2=6. We are also learning about the symbols and holidays of our country. For example, we are learning about our flag, Labor Day, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Upcoming Events
September 19 – How you grew timeline due
September 22 – Book order due
September 28 – Early dismissal (we will dismiss at 11:50, there will be no breakfast, but we will eat brunch at school)
September 30 – September homework due
October 10-14 – Fall break
Sticker Chart
Occasionally on Fridays, your child will proudly bring home a sticker chart. The sticker chart is a small colored piece of paper with stickers on it. Every time I catch your child doing something good, they get a sticker on their chart. I often tell the students that the best time to earn a sticker is to be doing the right thing when others are not. Also, students can earn stickers with good answers, supporting their answers with solid reasons, good scores on spelling tests and good scores on math tests.
Wilmore Elementary Parent-School Learning Agreement
Yay! All of the parent – school learning agreements have been returned. Thanks for sending those back!
Spelling Words for 9/23
Land, very, sand, fast, list, sink, help, ant, grass, trip
Bonus words: symbol, president
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