September 8 – 12

Fall is trying to sneak up on us and it’s doing a great job.  We’ve had a great start in our school year and we’re already halfway through our second unit of math.  We’ve completed our first reading unit and will be working on a fun writing project that connects to the reading unit we just finished.

ALERT:  We have a very fun activity coming up and we will need your help! 
       1) Each student will need a medium size apple by Friday.
             (Small apples are hard to carve and large apples do not turn out well)
       2) We will need parent volunteers Friday afternoon to help carve the apples.  We need you to be at the school at 1:00                                         and plan on staying until all the apples are carved.  If you can come help us, please leave a comment below and I will add you to my list of volunteers.

Birthdays:
September 6th Kiren G
September 7th T.J. Z

Homework:
SPELLING
We are starting our first individualized word sorts in spelling  and you will find your child’s list below.  Please remember that as you do sorts at home we will be tested on these words, as well as words that have the same pattern that aren’t in the sort.  We want your child to be spellers for life, not just a week.  Each student knows what color sort they are and which sort is theirs.  

yellow sort 25
green sort 1
green sort 29
green sort 46

On the homework report, please record which sort you do which night.  

MATH
Xtramath.com (We are rocking our math fluency).  3 of the students have completed addition and are working on subtraction)  If your child is finding the facts difficult, make sure they’re taking the time to look at the problems they miss and tell them not to worry about beating the teacher and take their time, it’s more important that they get it right, the speed will come after mastering the fact.
PIG
This week your child will be playing a game called Pig.  Your child will need someone to play the game with, and three dice.  This is a great way to practice adding problems up to 1,000.

READING
20 minutes a night as usual.  This is the most important part of homework.  If you are not enjoying your 20 minutes, you are not reading the right thing.  Come talk to me and let’s find something that you really want to read.