This coming week will be an exciting one! Students will begin their first piece of process writing and the first grade level novel. I look forward to guiding the children through the steps of "Opinion " writing, and also through the reading and discussion of the wonderful survival story of Mafatu, a young island boy, who goes through many adventures as he searches for his courage.
Writing:
Throughout the week we will work through the steps leading to an opinion paragraph. The topic is fun, and the children are excited. Each student will find facts on their favorite candy and develop an opinion paragraph. On Monday I will ask you to be observant as your child looks up their candy on the internet to print out facts about the candy. Students have a writing folder in which to keep all handouts, fact sheets, and draft sheets. If you cannot get a printout of facts on their candy at home, please send a note or e-mail to me so I can help them do this at school.
Prepositions:
Students should be practicing their prepositions daily. We will be working on prepositional phrases in class this week. Students will begin testing the week of Sept. 20 on the prepositions.
They may test each day that week in an effort to achieve a 100%. They are expected to write all of the prepositions listed on their study sheet. Students will also be tested the week of Sept. 20 on prepositional phrases.
Call It Courage:
We will begin Ch. 1 on Monday. All chapters will be read aloud first in class. Students may want to reread chapters at home. Students should not read chapters before they are read in class. I would like for them to experience this "special" story of courage together in class. It is a story of tragedy, adventure, endurance, and finding the courage to survive. I look forward to sharing this "classic novel" with your children!
Call It Courage Ch. 1 grade on Thursday, Sept. 16
*We will not have Wordly Wise during our study of Call It Courage.
Spelling: Lesson 5 grade on Wed., Sept. 15
Bible: Lesson 4 grade on Wed., Sept. 15
We are continuing the study of King David which is exciting and full of action. The children really seem to enjoy the Bible lessons. The names are a bit of a challenge, but the children pick them up easily.
Please note the following:
1. It is quite helpful for students to be at school by 7:50 A.M. They need time to pack up their materials in their rotation bags for the other class as well as gather all of their materials for their homeroom class. They also need to sharpen pencils and go to the restroom. I take the attendance, and we try to start the devotion at 8:00 A.M. On Monday we will be rotating so that they will have their afternoon class in the morning and their homeroom class in the afternoon. This is done so that they all have a chance to have optimal learning time for all subjects. We will be changing classes by 8:10 A.M.
2. Carpool: Please send a note if your child is being picked up by anyone that is not a parent or grandparent, unless it is someone that is already listed as a regular carpool pick-up person for your child. Any last minute change should be called into the Lower School office so that
Mrs. Helms or Mrs. Roth can notify the homeroom teacher. This is done for the safety of your child.
3. We will begin working on field trips soon. You will be notified as to which field trip you have been selected to attend. Please know that we will do our best to give 1st choices where possible.
Thank you for your help and support! Enjoy the rest of your week-end!
Gidget Smith
