What are we learning this week? (Sept 27-Oct 1)

Important News and Notes:

Shout Outs!!!
Thanks so much to Tracy Carter and her mother for making that adjustment on our new chair packs! That helped a lot! I told my stepmother (she made them) about all of the compliments those chair packs have been getting and she couldn't be more thrilled! :)
Another big THANK YOU! to all of the parents who have helped out with take-home projects this week: Angela Russell, Tracy Carter, Keshia Booker and Ty Wedderburn. Several others volunteered to help, and I ran out of things to do! Thanks for all of your willingness to help :) 
Also,  I am ever thankful for our volunteers during station time! We get so much more done with all your help!

FIELD TRIP: Our class date for the field trip is this Tuesday, September 28th. Please read ALL of the information below and follow these guidelines on our field trip day!
-Lunches: There are NO school lunches on field trip days! ALL STUDENTS must bring a sack lunch from home. Please put the lunch in a bag that can be thrown away, and please label that bag with your child's name.
-Uniform: Please wear a uniform or spirit shirt with jeans, khakis, or shorts (please check the weather!!!). Also, we will do a lot of walking so please send your child in SNEAKERS.
-Eat breakfast!!!
-Chaperones: Please be IN the classroom by 8:45, ready to leave!

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP (October): Please visit our class write board to sign up for any days you can come in and help with literacy stations. It is great to have people who can commit to one day each week, but any time you can help out with is great!!! Class Writeboard: http://123.writeboard.com/ab9d810a811fde158


This week's skills:

Language Arts-
Letter of the Week: H (Review previous letters: C,O, A, D, G, M, L)
Sight Words: is, this, you, and, to (Review previous: it, for, are, he, she)
Reading skills: Review characters, setting, problem/solution
Writing: Correct letter formation, Name in title case (First letter capital, rest lowercase), Writing sentences with correct spacing and punctuation
Word Families: _ip (zip, hip, chip)

Math:
Daily calendar routines
Recognizing, writing and counting with numbers 0-9
Patterns
Shapes
Recognizing and naming coins

IB Unit of Inquiry:
Unit 2: It Takes a Village
Focus: What is a community? What are community helpers? What are goods and services? What is the difference between wants and needs? How do we earn wages/salary?


Reading book tip: Echo reading... You read a page and have your child follow along by looking at the words as you read them. Let them read the same page after you. Always remind him to use his finger to point to each word as you read!