September

What's Cooking:

Math: Sorting
Religion: Noah's Ark
Letter: Aa
Science: Apples

At guided reading we are working on recognizing letters, letter sounds, and sight words.  We are beginning to stretch words apart (like hat, sip, tin, etc).  We use a "rubber band" and pull it apart for each sound we hear in the word.

You will see new homework in your child's folder on Monday.  Please be careful with the sight word rings as I would like to reuse them from year to year.  Thank you in advance!

We will begin to have show and tell on Fridays.  If your child would like to bring something in to share, please be sure that the item fits in their backpack.

What we've been up too

Here is a look at what we've been up to.

What's Cooking

Math: Numbers 0-5
Letter:Tt
Sight Words: To, too, the
Science: Apples
Religion: Noah's Ark

Kid Writing: We are writing 1 sentence.  Each month we will work on writing another sentence.  By the end of the year, your child will be writing 9 sentences!!

We finished up learning about colors.  We learned a poem and practiced reading it daily called: Rainbow Hair.  Therefore, we had to make rainbow hair (headbands).

We're Writing!

We have begun kid writing.  I write the sentence on the board and the students finish the sentence with a word or two.

Week One!

We had a great first week together!

We have 8 friends in our classroom:

Fisher
Gavin
Jace
Jackson

Kiaya
Mallory
Sarah
Tatum


This week we learned about classroom rules.  You will notice the sheet that comes home nightly that your child will color in according to how their day went.  Please keep this sheet in your child's folder until Friday after school.  I will put a new one in each Monday.

PLEASE send in a snack for the class if you would like your child to have a snack each day.  If no snack is sent in by Tuesday, your child will not receive snack.

Homework will be starting on Tuesday.  You will find your child's homework in the green folder in their backpack.  Please sign each night you complete homework.  Although it is not mandatory to complete homework, it will accelerate your child's readiness to read. 


This week:

Letter: Mm
Sight Words: My, me, make, must
Science: Color words
Religion: Practice blessing ourselves & Our Father prayer


We will also begin Kid Writing this week.  Kid Writing is a guided approach for beginner writers.  Children are encouraged to write whatever sounds they hear in a word, whether they are correct or not.  Writing will be very structured with me providing the majority of the sentence and children generating a word or two on their own.  After they are done writing they draw a picture to match their writing.  I will then go around to each child and work one-on-one with them on their writing.  This is called underwriting.


No pictures this week on our blog as I wait to make sure everyone turned in their permission slip to have their picture on the blog.

Have a great week!

2013-2014 School Year

Welcome to our classroom blog!


Please note in your packet about items your child WILL need for this school year.  I supply the majority of the items (crayons, pencils, pencil box, folder, etc.). Please do not send another pencil box with your child.  We will not be storing anything in our desks and the pencil box I supply is small enough that it will not take up a whole lot of room on your child's desktop. 

 I WILL supply snack the first week (goldfish and frosted animal crackers).  Please have your snack sent in by the end of the first week of school (August 30th).  Please send in the items I have asked for as soon as possible after school starts.  Thank you in advance!!

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I am excited for another school year to begin!  I am excited to get to know your little one! We are going to have a fantastic year!  You will be amazed at how much your child will learn this year!  We will be reading and writing in no time!

If you have any questions please feel free to ask!  You can call the school (695-3819) and ask for me, email me: rlawruk@stpatsnewry.org, or stop in before school starts at 9:00 A.M.

Miss Lawruk :)