September 8th Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week in reading we will be reading nursery rhymes.  We will be doing activities that go along with these nursery rhymes.  We will also be reading stories and talking about important aspects of the stories that we read including characters, setting, problem, and solution.  Please have your children tell you about the characters, setting, problems, and solutions in the books that they read at home to you.

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, Mrs. Rowland and Mr. Jeff will be talking to the kids about what they do here at Thorson.

We took our first MAP test this morning.  We will be taking both a reading and a math MAP test.  The students will be taking the MAPS test again in the winter and spring.

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 next Tuesday, September 15th!  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 this Thursday, September 10th.  Please return the pink sheet if you haven't already.
• 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!