Reading
Our first reading tests are just about over and we will
be starting our small reading groups.
Your child will be grouped with students with similar skills and
needs. We are working on the characters
and setting of the story, sequencing events, and nonfiction texts.
Writing
We have been working on drawing, adding details and
labeling our pictures. Up next, we will
be writing with beginning sounds and working our way to words and
sentences. Please practice letter
formation at home with your child.
Math
We are continuing to count and making connections between
the number word, the numeral and the quantity.
We will be subitizing numbers – quickly recognizing formations as a
quantity (for example, three dots in a diagonal on a die is 3). We will also be begin measurement.
Science/Social Studies
We are finishing our weather unit with seasons and the water cycle. We will be starting a unit on American
Symbols, which includes the Statue of Liberty, Mt. Rushmore, the bald eagle,
the American flag, and the Liberty Bell.
We also learn the Pledge of Allegiance.
ESOL
In
beginning ESOL, we will be learning letters, sounds and the words that go with
each letter. We will also review the
seasons and the weather, learn about parts of our body, the farm, US symbols, and practice speaking in sentences.
Dates to Remember:
October 6 – Picture day
October 6 – PTA meeting
October 12 – Columbus Day – Open House
October 14 – Heyser Farm field trip for Lim, Ramienski,
Pierson and Burnsky
October 15 – Heyser Farm field trip for Johnson,
Goldberg, Orenstein and O’Neill
October 16 – No School
October 30 – Halloween Celebrations
Remember to send in the signed permission form and $15 for
the Heyser Farm field trip.
