October 12-16, 2020

The bible verse to be recited on Friday 10/16/2020 is "E" Even a child is known by his doings

 ~ Proverbs 20:11

The class has been working hard on learning what a blend is (a consonant and a vowel put together) A blend helps the students read more quickly by showing how two sounds move smoothly from one letter to the other.  In addition to our "T" blends they've also learned the "L" and "B" blends.  In your students take home folder you will find these along with a few others we will be learning in the upcoming weeks.  I will continue to keep the current blends in their folders so you can practice at home if you wish to do so.     

 We are sailing right along with our numbers as well.  A few of the main concepts we've focused on is number recognition up to 11, accurately counting from 1-20 independently, recognition of a penny and its value, before and after, and properly writing numbers 1-4.  Of course we've touched base on several other things but the ones mentioned have been our main goal.  

We will begin discussing "greater than" or "after numbers" along with "less than" or "before numbers."  Also, ordinal numbers will be introduced as well.  

Please, if you have yet to send in headphones for your child or if you have yet to send in their $25 classroom supply fee, please do this as quickly as possible.  

I'd also like to encourage you once again to check your child's take home folder daily. I'm trying to be diligent about posting all information in class dojo as this seems to be our strongest line of communication as a whole.  I'm missing the person to person conversations because I feel so strongly about keeping a clear and open line of communication with my parents. So in saying that,  please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.  I will be certain to post messages in dojo and I also post information on our classroom blog at least once a week.  

Lastly, on every Friday starting this week (10/16/20) we will be doing show and tell.  I would enjoy seeing them bring in an item that begins with one of the consonants we have learned for the week.  This week the consonants will be "N" and "M".  Please make sure their item is no larger then something they can fit in their backpack.  Also, we are not allowed to bring any form of a weapon such as guns, knives ect.

Thanks so much!