September 20, 2010
Dear Parents,
Our spelling words this week are: long, box, on, dog, and boy. Please practice these spelling words in addition to word sorts each night so your child will be successful on their spelling test this Friday!
This week we are continuing to talk about “Schools Long Ago and Today.” Some new vocabulary words your child will learn this week include society, present, schedule, today, yesterday, and education. Be sure to ask your child what’s alike and what’s different in schools today!
In Math, we will continue practicing combining numbers and developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by ones. We are also introducing combining two numbers in story problems. It is fun to realize that we can make personal connections to math story problems every day!
We are working on rhyming words in our phonics and poetry lessons. We would like each student to find two small objects at home that rhyme. Please send these objects/toys to school in a small lunch sack (example: car and star.) We will return the objects once your child has shared in class. Make sure that your child knows the rhyming words.
Orchard Elementary is so proud to be a Leader in Me School. This week we are focusing on the second habit, Begin With the End in Mind. When we plan ahead and set goals, we are successful and happy.
Harmons, the grocery store, has partnered with Orchard Elementary and has a program called “Teach to Taste.” They will be visiting our classroom once a month to teach a food based lesson. We are excited to have them come this week and teach us about washing up before eating and tasting food. We will also be celebrating Johnny Appleseed’s birthday on Friday!
Please remember that Monday, September 27 is a Minimal Day. Track 1 has school from 8:00-12:30 and Track 2 has school from 9:15-1:45. Don’t forget to have your child read at least 20 minutes every night to help us reach our Road to Success Goals! Thank you for your support! We love teaching your children!
Our poem for fluency practice this week is, “Once Upon a Time.”
Once upon a time there was a frog.
Frog had a friend who was a hog.
Hog had a friend who was an ox.
Ox had a friend who was a fox.
Frog liked to hop out of the bog.
Hog liked to plop down in the fog.
Ox liked to sit in a shady spot.
Fox liked to jog and trot a lot.
When it got hot they would hop, hop, hop
Into the pond with a plop, plop, plop!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Petty
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