Week of September 30 - October 4

Math News
Our Math materials have arrived! We are now able to be more effective with our math program.  Each child will have an individual math mat to use with manipulatives and writing numerals.  We will continue to use the interactive whiteboard, but the math mats will enable better engagement by all students.

Reading News
We have now been introduced to all the letters of the alphabet. You can help your child with letter recognition by playing games with them, in which they find and point out and name letters they know. We have begun listening to beginning sounds of words.  Challenge your child to say the sound they hear at the beginning of words. We have added the following "Amazing Words" to our oral vocabulary: chaperone, library, bakery, post office, park, and fire station. We have four words on our list of high frequency words: I, am, the, and little. You can help your child commit these words to memory by pointing them out in books that you read together and on signs and other environmental print.

Library Day
We have made our first class trip to the school library.  Our Library day is Friday.  Please help your child remember to return library books each week so that they may choose another book each time we go to the library.

Rosary this Wednesday
We will be praying the rosary as a school on Wednesday of this coming week in lieu of Mass.  We will be learning about the rosary; what it is, the basics of the mysteries, and reciting the Hail Mary and Our Father, during Religion this week.  If your child has a rosary, please send it to school with them on Wednesday.

Conference forms
If you have not returned your conference time request form, please do so as soon as possible.  The teachers will be coordinating conference schedules in an effort to cluster conferences for families with multiple children.  You will be receiving your conference time form by Friday. Please confirm the time via the bottom of the form by Monday, October 14.