September 8th Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

In math, we will be learning about naming numbers before and after a given number and how to use a number line.  We will also be working on our daily math routines.  There will not be any math homework this week.  

In social studies, we are working on our school unit.  This week we will learn about the jobs of people in our building.  Mrs. Little and Mr. Jeff will be talking to the kids about what they do here at Thorson.

In reading, we will be looking at the different events that occur in a story.  We will be sequencing the events that happen throughout a story.  After you read a book to your child or your child reads a book to you, make sure you ask them about the events that happened in the story (what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story).  Additionally, we are going to be working on the short a sound, as in bat.

We will be taking our first MAPS test tomorrow.  This is our first MAPS test of four this fall.  We will be taking the MAPS test again in the winter and spring.  Tomorrow we will be starting the Reading MAPS test and we will be finishing it next Monday, September 15th.

We have started creating our poetry binders.  We will be adding different poems to our poetry binder throughout the year.  The children are so excited to add new poems to their binders.

Friendly Reminders

• Picture day is this Thursday!  If you would like to purchase photos, please return the order form that you got at the beginning of the school year.
• Curriculum night is Tuesday, September 16th.
• Please empty your child's red folder each night.  Many children are returning their red folders still filled with the previous day's items.  Please look over your child's work with them and return necessary items back to school.
• If you have not sent an old sock to school for our dry erase boards, please send one or more to school with your child soon.  I greatly appreciate it!