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A student who reads 20 minutes each day will read 3,600 minutes in a school year. That means they will on average read 1,800,000 words per school year. Please support your child on completing their Reading Journals during the school week.
I can’t believe we have completed a month of school already. We have completed our reading assessments and math assessments. Next week the students will have their first sound assessment. I will assess all consonants, short vowels, and digraphs. Please practice with your children to get the best results possible.
In English we have been working on our phonics. This week we explored syllables, trick words, and the spelling of c, ck, and k. The rules to c is that it comes before vowels a, o, and u. The rules of k is that it comes before the vowels i and e. The rule of ck is that it comes after a short vowel sound. We are practicing our sentence writing by fixing sentences daily. Some students are still not capitalizing and ending with a punctuation mark. Please talk about this with your children and reinforce that all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark.
In math we completed our place value charts in our Math Journals. We looked at numbers up to 1000. Students ordered numbers looking at ones, tens, and hundreds. They skip count in hundreds and tens all the way up to 1000. On Tuesday we completed our first exit ticket.
During UOI all students who completed their Shoebox Autobiography presented to the class. Please look at the weekly photos. Today we displayed our boxes on our desks and we did a walk about. The students were able to take a closer look at what they brought in to share. We completed a Venn-Diagram where two students were partnered up with another student from a different country. Using their culture collages they were able to look at the similarities and differences between each other. In the end we are learning that even though we come from different places we all have language, traditions and beliefs, special foods, special clothing, celebrations, and so much more in common with each other.
Next week in English we will work on establishing centers in the classroom. The goal is the students will receive guided reading groups twice a week. While small groups are in guided reading, the other groups will be working on word work, sentence work, and Nessy phonics. Wish me luck parents as, this will be the first time this school year. For our phonics I will be introducing closed syllables to the students. A closed syllable has a few rules to follow. 1. Has one short vowel 2. The vowel is followed by a consonant. (EX: CVC or CVCC)
In math the students will be working on bar graph and tally marks. We will create graphs about our favorite fruit, sport, numbers in our names, and favorite subject. They will also continue looking at greater than, less than, ordering, and place value when looking at numbers.
For the Unit of Inquiry we will complete our reflection on Who We Are. It will ask the students to draw three things that represent their culture, write three words that describe our classroom culture, and answer the question of what can I do to help my classroom be a good learning environment. Discuss these things with your child in your home language to reinforce what we have been learning in the classroom.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!
- Saturday Sports Club: Rotation 1- (Grades 2-8)
Indoor Football for students in Grades 2 to 8.
Cost: OMR 5-One time payment for 5 weeks
Schedule: Every Saturday morning from 20 September to 25 October
Time: 09:00 to 10:00 a.m.
2. September 22nd = Monday Melt, savory and sweet snacks will be sold in front of LC1
2. September 25th = Assembly Grades 4-6
3. October 16th = Assembly Grades 2-3