Word Work

Dear Mom and Dad:

Thank you for helping me post on the blog yesterday! It was really neat to see all of the words that we came up with inside the word "mathematics".

In the morning we worked on word work. It is important for me to build my confidence in my writing and write down the words I hear. I listened to a word and heard it in a sentence, then I had to write down the sounds I heard in the word. We will be working in small groups to strengthen our writing skills. You can encourage me to write by asking me to help write you notes to remind you of something, labeling items with a post it note, write the grocery list etc. This is what we call kid writing and that it's ok to write down the sounds you hear. We also added a new reading strategy to our wall called "tryin' lion" ask me to teach you this reading strategy.

We worked on some writing all about me! I had to answer some questions about what my favorite food was, color, hobby subject, what I want to be when I grow up etc. We will be putting this writing in a special time capsule. We learned that a time capsule is something you put away and then re open it sometime later. We will be writing and answering the exact same questions at the end of the school year and compare our answers and writing skills. It will be really neat to see how much I've grown by the end of the school year.

In math we looked at growing patterns. I can tell you what a growing pattern is. For example: AB, ABB, ABBB, ABBBB, ABBBB is a growing pattern. The letter B grows by one each time.

Mrs. McEvoy's class had music this afternoon. Ask me to tell you what I am learning in music.

In gym we continued to practice our ball skills. Ask me to tell you which objects I practiced throwing today.

Love,
The Rainbow Triad

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Tuesday October 7 - Photo day (please fill out the photo forms that were sent home a couple of weeks to choose your background and pose)

Monday Octboer 13 - No School - Thanksgiving