WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21-25, 2009

THIS WEEK IN ROOM 233:

WE WILL BE LEARNING THE LETTER, G, AS IN GOAT.
STUDENTS WILL BE BRINGING HOME A PAPER BAG TO COLLECT ANY "G" OBJECTS OR PICTURES THEY CAN FIND. THEY WILL PRACTICE WRITING THE LOWER-CASE AND UPPER-CASE LETTER G. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WILL BE PUTTING THE SOUNDS THEY HAVE LEARNED TOGETHER TO READ WORDS.

WE WILL BEGIN THE WEEK READING THE STORY "FIX-IT DUCK" AND TALKING ABOUT THE SETTING OF THE STORY. ON THURSDAY WE WILL BEGIN A NEW STORY, "PLAIDYPUS LOST."

WE WILL BE FINISHING OUR MATH CHAPTER ON SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS (I.E. OVER, UNDER, TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT AND RIGHT). NEXT, WE BEGIN STUDYING PATTERNS.

IN SCIENCE WE ARE STUDYING TREES. WE TOOK A NATURE WALK TO ADOPT A TREE.
STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TREE AND LABEL A POSTER.
WE WILL TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR TREE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.

ON FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A BIG PEP RALLY FOR THE NS SPARTANS' FOOTBALL TEAM. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF CHEERING AND, EVEN, SOME SURPRISES!

THANKS PARENTS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE ARE TRYING TO GET ALL OF OUR DAILY ROUTINES DONE, BUT, IF WE MISS SOMETHING, WE WILL TRY TO CATCH UP THE NEXT DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR CHART SHOULD GET A STICKER OR A COMMENT EACH AFTERNOON, BUT, IF I MISS IT, I WILL CATCH UP AND AS THE YEAR GOES ON I'M SURE IT WILL GET EASIER.