October 2nd Newsletter

 

October 2nd, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know the sound-spelling for short "e".

• Read irregularly spelled words (give, come, some, for).

• Recognize and produce rhyme.

• Identify elements of a sentence.

• Read and form plural nouns.

• Read a poem titled The Elephant Who Jumped the Fence. While reading we will highlight sight words we've learned and find words with the short "e" sound. 

• Read a book titled, The Elephant, by Cordelia Finn S. Finn. While reading, we will infer information from photos and text features. We will also talk about how the photographs help us understand information. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our unit on Narrative Writing

• Learn to use familiar words to spell new words

• Add drama to our stories to bring them to life

• Learn to edit our writing and check for capitalization and punctuation

This week in math, we will….

• Start unit 2 of math

• Recognize the number of objects in a collection of 6 of fewer

• Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group

• Add within 20

• Use >, <, and = symbols to compare

• Learn different addition strategies

This week in science we will….

• Learn how to be a respectful digital citizen

• Practice being a digital citizen with our chromebooks

Important Dates to Remember!

• October 6 - Early Release

• October 20 - No School - Professional Development for Teachers

• November 2 - End of 1st Quarter

• November 3 - No School - Professional Development and Records for Teachers

October Book Order

  

Hey there, families!

Ready to discover the characters and stories your kids love? With expertly curated selections, plus the chance for your teacher to earn rewards for the classroom with every order, Scholastic Book Clubs is here for you all year long to boost your kid's reading fandom and maybe even create moments of quality time you can share together!

Family Order Due Date -  10/11/23

SHOP OUR CLASS PAGE

https://orders.scholastic.com/JBVLX

SHOP FLYERS
https://clubs.scholastic.com/k1

Invite relatives and friends to help your child discover the pure joy of reading when you share our Class Page link. Every order benefits our classroom, helping me earn FREE books and resources that every child can enjoy.

Thanks for your support!

Mrs. Majinski

September 25th Newsletter

 

September 25th, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know the sound-spelling for short "u".

• Read irregularly spelled words (little, with, have, are).

• Identify elements of a sentence. 

• Read and write words ending with double final consonants.

• Read a poem titled, My Apple. While reading, we will highlight high frequency words we know and identify words with short vowel sounds. 

• Read a nonfiction book titled, Animal Surprises, by Nicole Walker. While reading, we will use context to understand the meaning of new words. We will also notice photographs and talk about what is important in text. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our unit on Narrative Writing

• Work on unfreezing our characters by including a lot of details and making our characters think and feel

• Tell our stories in itty bitty steps so our readers can create detailed mind movies

This week in math, we will….

• Solve subtraction problems by finding an unknown addend

• Solve subtraction problems by counting back

• Use the relationship between addition and subtraction to add and subtract within 20

• Play “Number Rack Detectives” 

• Measure with cubes and learn a new measurement workplace 

This week in science we will….

• Continue our unit on Land and Water

• Learn about bodies of fresh-water and the importance of water

• Learn about fast and slow land changes

Important Dates to Remember!

• September 27- Picture Day

September 18th Newsletter

 

September 18th, 2023

This week we will be starting library class! Our library day is Wednesday. This year every other week is going to be a checkout time. The other weeks will be a library lesson in the library or makerspace. 

We will also be sending home sight word list with directions on Monday! Please work on these with your student. 

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know the sound-spelling for short "o".

• Read irregularly spelled words (and, stop, jump, see).

• Recognize and produce rhyme.

• Understand the use of an exclamation mark.

• Read and write words ending with double final consonants.

• Read a poem titled, The Big Balloon. We will read this poem with expression and highlight words with short "o" vowel sounds. 

• Read a story titled, The Frog Who Couldn't Jump, by Lionel Page. While reading, we will summarize the problem and solution in the story and infer the characters' traits from story events. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our unit on Narrative Writing

• Work on stretching out words to spell and writing down a letter for each sound we hear

• Zoom in on one small moment.  We will focus on writing a tiny seed story instead of a big watermelon story.

• Share our writing with partners!

This week in math, we will….

• Add with sums to 10

• Solve for an unknown number

• Count by 10s to 100

• Find missing numbers is story problems 

• Solve story problems

• Play “show me the number” and “Which coin will win”

• Measure with popsicle sticks

• Subitize with number racks

This week in science we will….

• Continue our unit on Land and Water

• Learn about landforms

• Learn about rocks and minerals

• Begin learning about the importance of water

Important Dates to Remember!

• September 18- High Frequency Word List Sent Home 

• September 20- i-Ready assessment (math)

• September 21- i-Ready assessment (math)

• September 27- Picture Day

Scholastic Book Order

 

Hey there, families!

Ready to discover the characters and stories your kids love? With expertly curated selections, plus the chance for your teacher to earn rewards for the classroom with every order, Scholastic Book Clubs is here for you all year long to boost your kid's reading fandom and maybe even create moments of quality time you can share together!

Family Order Due Date -  9/18/23

SHOP OUR CLASS PAGE

https://orders.scholastic.com/JBVLX

SHOP FLYERS
https://clubs.scholastic.com/k1

Invite relatives and friends to help your child discover the pure joy of reading when you share our Class Page link. Every order benefits our classroom, helping me earn FREE books and resources that every child can enjoy.

Thanks for your support!

Mrs. Majinski

September 11th Newsletter

September 11, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know the sound-spelling for short "i".

• Read irregularly spelled words (what, to, do, this).

• Read and write verbs with inflectional endings -s.

• Read Chicken Licken by Owen Peterson during shared reading. While reading, we will use story elements to predict what will happen next and infer the message of the story.

• Read a poem titled, Dig a Little Hole. We will highlight high frequency words we know and find words with short i sounds.

• Practice literacy center routines. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Begin a unit on Narrative Writing

• Write stories about things that have happened to us

• Include detailed pictures to add more to our writing

• Make sure we answer the questions Who? Where? When? What? How? in our writing

This week in math, we will….

• Learn how to use our number racks we made last week! 

• Count objects one by one

• Count up to 20 objects in a line or array

• Group objects by 5s and 10s

• Play “Show me on your number rack”

• Play “Ten Frame Flash”

• Learn a new workplace “Flip and write” 

This week in science we will….

• Start our unit on Land and Water

• Be rock detectives and investigate rocks

• Learn about different types of landforms and bodies of water

• Learn about how we use Earth’s land

Important Dates to Remember!

• September 14- i-Ready assessment (reading)

• September 15- i-Ready assessment (reading)

• September 20- i-Ready assessment (math)

• September 21- i-Ready assessment (math)

• September 27- Picture Day

September 4th Newsletter

September 5, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

• Enjoy listening to stories, including First Day Jitters by Julie Danneburg, Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae, Peanut Butter and Cupcake by Terry Border, and School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex. 

• Know the sound-spelling for short a.

• Segment words into individual sounds.

• Read irregularly spelled words (the, like, play, my).

• Recognize and produce rhyming words.

• Learn and practice routines for Literacy Centers.

This week in writing, we will…

• Read the book I Promise and make classroom commitments

• Begin our Handwriting Without Tears booklets

• Complete word building activities

This week in math, we will….

• Start our first math unit

• Pick and graph our favorite popsicle flavor

• Count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s

• Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories

• Use number lines

• Learn about Tally Marks

• Learn and Play math workplaces

This week during science time we will….

• Share our summer pictures/items

• Complete activities to help us get to know our classmates

Important Dates to Remember!

• September 27- Picture Day