We had a great time at the library today! The theme today was mice; we read, sang songs and did an art activity that was centered around different kids of mice. A HUGE thank you to Izzy's mom for volunteering to drive today, we couldn't have done this without you!
Most of the students checked out a book today, they are due on 10/19. If you would like to renew the books so that they won't be overdue when we return to the library on the 26th, you can do so online using the PIN-1234. Or, you can return the books to any Forsyth County library.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Dear Parents,
Unfortunately our field trip has been cancelled (by the farm) due to rain in the forecast. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
·Tomorrow (9/21) is our trip to the
Apple Orchard; we will NOT go if rain is imminent. If you are meeting us at the
farm and are unsure about the weather please call the school after 8:15 to see
if we are going.
·Please have students wear their field
trip shirts tomorrow.
·We are planning on going to the Kernersville
Public Library the last Wednesday of every month (except December). In the Tuesday folder you will find a liability release. Please sign
the bottom of this form allowing your child to ride with a parent volunteer.
·There is also a form coming home today from the library that will allow your child to check out a book from the public library. If you wish to allow your child to check out library books from the public
library during our visit please fill out that form and return it ASAP.
It has been such a great pleasure to meet so many new panthers in primary this year, and September is set to be a very busy month! This month our themes are school days, marvelous me, the U.S. Constitution, and all about apples! All primary students have been set up with an Xtramath.com account, and It’s good to see that students are completing their sessions daily. Please make sure this is done as part of the regular homework routine, just like reading every night for 20 minutes. Our overarching goals for math this month are counting, reading and writing numbers through 120, comparing two two-digit numbers based on an understanding of place value and increasing mental math abilities in the base 10 system. Be sure to look for unit subtest being sent home weekly in the Tuesday folders. We have also started our guided reading groups, and this month we are focusing on decoding, encoding and determining the main idea of a passage. We will celebrate Johnny Appleseed’s birthday on September 26, and we will visit Millstone Creek Orchard for our first field trip on September 21. We will send out permission slips and volunteer opportunities soon. REMINDERS: Friday is early release, our class gets released at 11:15 - This is earlier than the upper grades! No school Monday- Happy Labor Day! Happy Birthday to Levi and Morghen this month!
In next week's Tuesday folder you will find the permission form for our field trip. Please sign and return it to school ASAP. We are renting a 15 passenger van for this trip, so if you would like to join us please let me know so that I can make accommodations. Also, please let me know if you would like to drive and meet us at the farm.
We will leave school promptly at 8:15 which will allow us to still have guided reading instruction before leaving.
9:15 check in
9:30-11:00- hayride, cider pressing, apple picking/tasting, antique farm equipment demonstration
Cost: $8for parents Includes: Apple Tasting, Cider Pressing Demonstration, Hayride,Apple Picking, Antique Apple Washer
Demonstration
~Safety Issues~ Bees are an
important part of the orchard. Please make the necessary arrangements for
children with allergies.
~Clothing~ Mornings can be wet in the
orchards…please dress your child
in old shoes and comfortable clothing.
~Other Details~ The orchard is located
at 506 Parks Crossroad Church Rd,Ramseur
27316. Parents are welcome ($8/person). They accept Debit & Credit Cards.
Welcome to the first full week of school! We certainly are going full-steam now in our classrooms. We are reimagining the way math instruction is delivered in 1st and 2nd grade this year. Last year we developed our version of what we call "the guided-math workshop-model." We're taking this further this year by moving away from isolated subjects and going towards STEM instruction. Because we value the thought process and critical thinking as much as (or perhaps even more than) the outcome, math homework will be limited to fact practice- at least of the time being. It is very important that this is done at home because very little time is spent in class on rote memorization of facts. We are using Xtramath.com again this year as part of your child's homework. They will need to log on every day. The program charts their progress and adapts to meet their individual level. For example if "Suzie" keeps missing 5+3, she will be given that problem more often until it is mastered. All students will start with addition facts until mastered and eventually graduate through division.
Today your child will come home with their homework packet; packets are due Friday. Students' words for the week are sight words that do not follow a particular pattern or they follow a pattern the children haven't learned yet. However, they at least need to be able to read these words by sight to be fluent readers. The theory is if they practice spelling the words, recognizing them to read by sight will come naturally.
This tutorial will help you connect your child's account to your email so that you will receive updates on their fact practice progress.
It's been great getting to know the children these past two days! Thank you for sending the Marvelous Me bags back today, we had a great time learning about one another! There will be no homework for the rest of this week, but we will start our weekly homework packets on Monday. I look forward to an excellent year!
