October
Thank you so much for coming in for SEP’s. I love meeting
with parents and talking about all the great things your children are doing in
school. I appreciate everyone keeping their appointment time.
Also, a big thank you to all the moms that are coming in our
room to help. We love having our moms here! We are starting our reading groups
this week and will settle into a regular routine.
Don’t forget we are going on a fieldtrip to Judd’s Pumpkin
Patch on Tuesday, October 7. Each student is allowed to choose a pumpkin to
bring home. Thanks PTA for paying for them for us! Make sure your child is
dressed appropriately for the fieldtrip. Several parents have asked if they can
go with us. We are not taking any parents on this fieldtrip. We will have
others throughout the year we will need help with.
This month we will finish talking about pumpkins. We will
also talk about animals, Halloween, and fall.
In math we are working on adding doubles, doubles plus one,
and ten frames. We are also continuing with our daily math fact drills.
Students not passing the drill on Friday will retake it until mastered. There
are 40 problems on each page. Students must pass at 100% accuracy. They can do
it! I will post those on the blog so you can access them to practice at home.
In our phonics program we have been learning about
homophones, compound words, possessive nouns, quotation marks, and past tense
verbs! Whew! Try to quiz us on some of our skills to help keep them fresh!
We are almost done with our author’s study of David Shannon.
We have learned a lot of cool facts and information about him. We love David
Shannon books and we are artists like he is! For October we will learn about Mo
Willems. He is the author of the very popular Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the
Bus and other books. We will practice being an illustrator like he is and
write in the persuasive genre.
Remember to read every night for 20 minutes and return your
reading calendar at the beginning of each month. 1st grade reading
is 400 minutes per month. Fluency folders can still count as reading time.
Remember students can only pass off ONE page at a time. The goal is to know the
words fluently, not pass off all the lists. As I have checked with students at
school they are missing words on lists signed off at home. Practice Monday-Thursday, pass off signed off
lists on Friday. Don’t go on to the next list until the current list is passed
off at school. I have had some students go back and reread lists previously signed
off because they weren’t solid on the list yet. Fluency folders and homework
folders should come back to school every day.
We will be out of school on Thursday-Wednesday October 16-22
for UEA, Harvest Holiday, and teacher training. We will resume school on
Thursday, October 23.
Remember our regular early-out Wednesday at 1:30. Also,
students are not allowed in the building until 8:30. As the weather is getting
colder, please don’t drop them off too early.
Reading bags (Dr. Seuss) are due back each Monday. Students
should read the books at home and become familiar with them so they can read
them fluently at school. They are allowed to self-select the books in the bag.
Our weekly schedule:
Monday: library, art
Tuesday: PE
Wednesday: early-out
Thursday: music, computers
Friday: PE
If you have any questions please call me at school 586-2860,
or on my cell 435-463-1170. Or you can text me any time.
Remember to call the school to excuse your child if absent.
You can also text to let me know.
If you haven’t signed up for “Remind 101”, do so right away.
It’s the easiest way to get quick information to you.
Thanks again for all you do. I LOVE Fiddler’s Elementary and 1st
grade! Your children are amazing students. Every day is so much fun! Thank you
for sharing them with me. I am so blessed to know all of you and spend my days
with your cute little ones.
Check back in a day or two....I will post recent pictures and the timed drills for math.
Run like the wind!
