Week of September 28-October 2, 2015

Hello Room 4 families! It's been another fantastic week in room 4. We loved having our first parent volunteers and the kids enjoyed Apple day. Thanks to everyone!

Here is what we have coming up:

Important dates:
Friday 10/2: room 4 to work in the school garden, 10:15 am. We would love to have a few parents to help during this time. Please let me know if you're available.
Saturday, 10/24: Harvest Festival.
Friday, 10/30: Jog-a-Thon. Please see the October newsletter for more information.


Language arts
This week we continue to work on recognizing letters shapes and forming letters correctly. We will focus on Ii, Jj, Kk, and Ll.
This week's new sight words: I and see
We have begun our first reading comprehension unit on telling stories from pictures and illustrations. We have looked at many wordless books and discussed what the characters are doing, what they are saying, and where they are. This lays the foundation not only for understanding the stories we read, but also for becoming good storytellers ourselves. We have been getting our own ideas for realistic and imaginary stories we can tell using illustrations.

Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on comparing and ordering numbers to 5. We will take the chapter test on Monday 10/5.
Chapter 3 will focus on numbers six through ten.

Wish list items
We have a new drawing table out at recess. If you have any paper to donate (any color, size, or density) we would appreciate it. You can drop off in room 4 any time.
The kids also enjoy using extra large Lego-like blocks at recess. If you have some at home your kids no longer use please consider sending them to school.

Lost and Found
We are starting quite a collection in the back of room 4. With cool mornings and warm afternoons kids take off their sweaters and forget to hang them up or leave them on the yard. If you're missing anything, come check what we have in the back off the room. As a reminder, please label all outerwear with your child's name.

Thanks for reading! Please email me with any questions.