Wow, this is a LATE blog post! Sorry about that! Last week was AWESOME. A pajama party, a different library day and a school picture, not to mention all the learning and fun we had in the classroom sure did make for an exciting and enjoyable week in Room 5B. This week we learned the sounds /p/, /g/, and /o/. We continue to sound out words and read new books. This week we begin our new unit, Head to Toe, about the human body and the five senses. This is one of my favorite units to teach. In our learning labs, students will be engaged in a variety of activities to build their knowledge and enhance the discovery of a variety of thematic concepts. We will also bring in iPads to explore different systems of the human body. Tuesday we used the "Human Body" app to explore how our brains work. The kids LOVED it!
I look forward to seeing you and your child at our Family Read/Math Night this Thursday, September 25th. You should have received some information about this in your child's Ware Bear folder. In case you didn't, our Back-to-School Math/Reading Night will begin at 5:25 pm. I will be hosting two thirty minute sessions where I will give you some more insight into the day your kindergartner and I share together, review the daily schedule, explain various routines and procedures, and discuss homework activities that can benefit your child. We will also do a fun, take-home family math activity together, in our classroom. You will also have opportunities to attend a session that outlines our reading program and eat dinner with your family in our cafeteria. I hope you can make it, as it will be a great way to learn more about your child's day at school.
Just to give you a heads up, I will be out of the room Thursday afternoon for some training. I will be sure to go over the expectations for behavior in my absence before I leave. Please stress to your child how very important it is that he or she does their very best while I am away and let them know that you are counting on them. When students know they are being held to a high expectation they usually rise to achieve it! Thank you in advance for your help with this!
In a final note, we said goodbye to Mr. Briscoe last week. Mr. Briscoe ended his student teaching with us last Monday and went back to Kansas State University last Tuesday to continue his degree. Please join me in wishing him well as he finishes his final course work and enters the working world as a College of Education Graduate. Thank you for being patient as I got used to doing things by myself again this week.
Thank you for all you do to support your child, me, and our time together. Have a fantastic week!
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