Newsletter: September 21, 2009

September 21-25, 2009

 

What are we learning?

Essential Questions:  The bullets beneath each question outline specific ways we are learning to answer each question THIS week.

Language Arts/Reading

·   How do I become a great reader?

§   Asking Questions

·   How do I make sense of text?

§   Identifying main idea

§   Fluency – page navigation (which order do I read information on a page?)

·   How can word families help me to become a great reader (-an,-at, -ad, -ap, -ag, -op, -ot,   -og)?

Writing

·   How can I become a great writer?

§   Writers plan their stories

§   Stories have a beginning, middle, and end

Math

·   How can I count coins and trade for equivalent amounts?

·   What strategies can I use to join and separate numbers (addition and subtraction)?

§   Addition Strategies:  Doubles, Count on 1, Count on 2, Add 0

Social Studies

·   What is my address?

·   What are the names of the continents and oceans and where are they on a map?

·   What are some types of landforms?

 

   

In Need of Play-doh

Would you like to donate some

Play-doh to our class?  One of our standards* in Social Studies is to learn about landforms.  We would like to use play-doh to show the different kinds of landforms.  If you are willing to donate some play-doh, please send it with your child by this Friday.  Thanks!

*SS1G3 c. Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, plains, plateaus, and coasts).

Math Facts

Keep practicing those basic math facts every night.  We learned a song to help us remember the doubles facts!  Ask your child to sing it to you.

 

Baked Goods

We are collecting individually-wrapped baked goods for the Cobb County Sheriff’s Department to sell at the North Georgia Fair (proceeds benefiting Bells Ferry).  If you are able, please send baked goods with your student (or place on the table in the front lobby of the school) on Friday, September 25^th before 9:00 am.

 

Upcoming Dates

September 22 – Family Enrichment Night

September 24 – North Georgia Fair begins

September 25 – Field Trip Permission Slips Due

Hat Day, Spirit Day

September 30 – Custodian Appreciation Day