Starting the day - The children go outside from 7:30-7:45.  We go outside unless it is raining.  They come in and get ready for the day.  Our school day begins with a student at the calendar.  Everyone has one turn and then we start again.  Then we have Group Meeting.  The student selects as greeting for us to say.  The favorite last year was Bonjour with a high five.  Then we have time to share something with our voices about something that happened or is going to happen.  On Friday they can also share something that they bring in.  We also do an activity each day.  The favorite ones last year were Button, Button and Bacon.

Reading - Each day we read with a partner.  We also practice reading and spelling our sight words.  We enjoy the listening center.  We bring home books at least two or three times a week.  If we bring the book back the next day we can bring home another book.  Some do a great job bringing books back.  A parent, babysitter, sibling, or the child needs to sign the log, also.  We get one school library book.  We can have it for one week.  If I bring it back the next day I can exchange it for another one.  When I bring home a Town Library book I get to keep it for two weeks.  If it's canceled or I'm sick it is renewed.

Spelling - On Monday, we practice a new sound and a tongue twister with the new sound.  We review the letter sounds that we have already done.  I also have a content word everyday and sight words to write.  I write long words so that during writing time I'm not afraid to sound out the word and write it the best way that I can.  It gets edited when it is going to be a book.  We start working with m, f, b, and t.  We use the letter tiles to make rhyming words.

Writing - We are working on writing the date on our work and our names on our papers.  We will practice writing our classmates names first. We are trying to start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with punctuation.  We are trying to write our words with regular letters.  This is a lot of work.  We are waiting for pencil pal letters from Springfield, VT.  Later in the year we will have a sliding trip and a trip to VINS with them.  We write to Terry Carter's class.  She has first, second and third graders in her class.

Computer -   We will learn to log on and log off on the computer by ourselves.  We will be busy drawing pictures in paint on the computer.  We will be writing a story to go with the picture.  Then we will put them together on one page.

Math - We are working on addition facts to ten.  We will be working with a problem solving activity everyday. We will use pattern blocks first.  We are working on counting, writing and recognizing numbers to 100.  You should see some games coming home to work on each month. It’s fun to do with the whole family.

Social Sciences -   We will work on a butterfly unit.  We'll release our Monarch butterflies when they hatch out.  We hope to see a caterpillar wiggle out of it's skin and see the skin fall down.  This is very exciting!  We also hope to get black swallowtail caterpillars from Mrs. Martin.  If we do they stay in Ms. Hart's garage for the winter and come out in the spring.

Thanks -   Thank you parents for all of the time you spend making sure they have everything that they need. I appreciate it very much! Thanks for taking the time to fill out all the forms that needed to be sent in.

Other Please remember to call, stop in, or write if you have any questions or concerns.  We could always use sandwich bags, Ziploc bags, tissues, and things for our Art Center. 

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