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Our town meeting was so much fun this morning! The Fuquay-Varina Fire Department visited WSES! For a minute, we thought they had to leave to answer a call, but thankfully, it was cancelled.
We snapped a quick shot of these cuties before we came back to the room and shared our favorite parts of their visit, as well as something cool we learned, with our reading buddies! "Wow!" "That's Cool!" Did you know that these are the same practices and phrases we are using in literacy after reading together!

 
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How much fun was the field trip to Marbles?!?! SO MUCH FUN! I was truly impressed with the kiddos knowledge when we went to the classroom for their Global class! All they have learned in Global literacy here at WSES show cased beautifully and I think the Marbles instructor was very surprised! They recognized many flags and countries names from all over our world! Thank you to our volunteers for their attendance and help! It made the trip much more enjoyable for your students' teachers :)

I'm sending home a GREEN sight word list! We are working very hard on our sight words because all children must read and pass the first level of guided reading books by the first of December! This is a level B, or 1-2. This book is FULL of sight words!!
I have singled out several words and typed a list on GREEN paper that are important to know this quarter! These are the most important words to read to be able to pass the level B or 1-2 book by December! 
Even if your child has surpassd the first couple of lists in his/her sight word book, these are vital sight words to practice and practice....and practice some more! Each child is getting this GREEN list no matter how far he/she has gotten in his/her sight word book.  I will be assessing these words often here at school, so remember to PRACTICE at home!!!

FYI, we have ART this week :)



Here are some important dates to jot down:
Friday, October 25th: 9:20 am Awards Rally!! (If your student is receiving an award, I sent a letter home to your family!)

Friday, October 25th: Spooky Spider Centers! 1:30-3:00pm Make sure to sign up or donate as you can!!

October 28-November 1: Spirit Week! (Check your flyer that was sent home last week for day-to-day specifics!)

Thursday, November 7th: Annual Math and Science Night at WSES

Friday, Novmeber 8th: Early Release


Here's what we are up to in our busy classroom this week!

Thematic Unit: Apples & Scarecrows

Readers use everything they have learned in their community to Really Read!
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: Read common high frequency words by sight (e.g., the, to, you, she, me, is, are, do).

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes). Count, produce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Readers use many tricks/tools at once. Readers read sight words with ease!

Composing and Decomposing Teen Numbers 11-19

Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, countout that many objects.

Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.

Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals

Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 is 10 and 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

We will play several dice and spinner games to practice writing 11-20 as well as building these numbers with classroom objects, recognizing tens in these teen numbers.


Students write their opinions!

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book.

With guidance and support from adults, respond to quetions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

We will recognize the patterned sentences in our sight word books and write with our own patterned sentences such as "I see a..." or "I see the..." "I like the..." or "I like to..." while stating our opinions on several topics...like spiders!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!!!!


 
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It's mid October already! Yes, unfortunately our county wasn't ready with the new report card roll out until last week, but these First Quarter report cards should have reflected exactly what was discussed during our frist quarter conferences in September. Second Quarter report cards are scheduled to go home December 4th. We will not be having another conference, unless needed or requested, until February.
Our first field trip is upon us, and we are SO excited!! We have everyones money and permission slips, so away we go to
Marbles Kids Museum. We are still in need of multiple volunteers, so check the slip coming home in OTIS today if you are able to help us beginning at 10:15 am at Marbles (you have to drive seperately and your child must ride the bus with the class).

FYI, we have Library this week :)

Here are some important dates to jot down:
Wednesday, October 16th: Field Trip to Marbles! It'll be fun!! Pack a lunch for yourself and join us! Jot a note in your child's OTIS if you are planning to meet us there.
Friday, October 25th: 9:20 am Awards Rally!! (If your student is receiving an award, I sent a letter home to your family last Friday)
Friday, October 25th: Spooky Spider Centers! We will be hosting 2 centers in our classroom! I need volunteers again :) Send me a note in your child's OTIS if you can help out (Time is TBA but I think it will be after lunch!) 

Here's what we are up to in our busy classroom this week!

Thematic Unit: Fall Leaves and Apples

Readers use everything they have learned in their community to Really Read!
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: Read common high frequency words by sight (e.g., the, to, you, she, me, is, are, do).

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes). Count, produce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Readers use many tricks/tools at once. Readers can "slow speak" and "rollarcoaster" 3 letter words and words with "s" on the end (hat, hats) (These are the tricks we use for sounding out 3 letter words.)


Looking Closely: Observing, Listing and Lableing like Scientists
Understand and use questin words (interrogatives) e.g., who, what, where, when why, how).

Demonstrate conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Use a combination of drawings, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

With guidenace and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peeers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

During this two-week unit, students will develop the foundational skills that will help them move from emergent toward conventional writers (as well as readers).
"I see a...". and "I see the..." will be sentence starters!


Understand Relationships Between Numbers & Quantities
Count to 100 by ones and tens.

Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object and number with only one object and numeral.

Understand the successive number without recounting, and understand that the quantity is one larger. 

Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

ID whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies

Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.

Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

We are going to be identifying, writing and sorting teen numbers! "1 set of 10 and "some" extra ones!" as our Teen Number song goes :) 









 

 
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Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a stellar weekend :) We had the best time during our 50th Day of School Learning Experience Friday! THANK YOU to my volunteers! We heard over and over "this is the best day ever!!" Success!
I hear that real Fall weather is coming in this week for a couple of days! That will surely be a nice treat as I try to teach our kiddos the difference between the seasons in NC!! So far it's been summer weather since Fall began ;)
FYI, we have PE this week so children should be wearing sneakers to school each day.

See the Blog before this one for some classroom paper needs.

Here are some important dates to jot down:

Wednesday, October 16th: Field Trip to Marbles! Permission slips and money are due ASAP!! Your child may not attend if we don't have these! Would you like to meet us there and help us corral the excitement ?! It'll be fun!! Pack a lunch for yourself and join us! Jot a note in your child's OTIS if you are planning to meet us there.
Friday, October 25th: 9:20 am Awards Rally!! (If your student is receiving an award, I will be sending a letter home to your family.)
Friday, October 25th: Spooky Spider Centers! We will be hosting 2 centers in our classroom! I need volunteers again :) Send me a note in your child's OTIS if you can help out (Time is TBA but I think it will be after lunch!) 

Here's what we are up to in our busy classroom this week!

Thematic Unit: Fire Safety

Readers use everything they have learned in their community to Really Read!

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: Read common high frequency words by sight (e.g., the, to, you, she, my, is, are, do).

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes). Count, produce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Readers use many tricks/tools at once.


Students will begin to understand and discover small moments in their own lives and writings of others through partnerships and mentor text. The focus of this week is to teach strategies that will allow the writer to get more writing on the pages of their stories.

Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.

Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Use a combination of drawings, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.


"I am...." sentences have been a great place to start!


Understand Relationships Between Numbers & Quantities

Count to 100 by ones and tens.

Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object and number with only one object and numeral.

Understand the successive number without recounting, and understand that the quantity is one larger. 

Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

ID whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies

Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.

Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.


We will find and discover -1 and -1 patterns through stories and poems! We have an assessment Wednesday this week.


If you made it to the end and stuck with my blog, THANK YOU!!!!!! Your child will benefit from your understanding of what we are learning :)





 

We are in need of colorful card stock or copy paper! If you comment below with the color you are picking up for us, other families will know which colors are still needed! Thank you for helping to make learning exciting and fun!!

Colors of card stock or copy paper needed: (at least 25 sheets)


Bright Blue/Aqua
Royal blue
Hot pink
Hunter Green
Royal Purple
Florescent Yellow