September 26th-30th

It was great to see so many of you at Back to School Night!  The children love to show you the classroom and what their favorite part of the day is.  This is such a wonderful class!  Every day they leave me in amazement at how innocent and bright they are!

This week is our field trip to Mulberry Lane Farms.  I am hoping the weather changes, but be sure to dress your child in warm clothes.  Right now the high is only supposed to be 58 degrees with possible showers.  Each child needs to bring a disposable lunch and a pillowcase labeled with their name to bring their pumpkin home.  If you volunteered to chaperone, please be at school before 9am.  The bus leaves at 9am.

We were able to get together with our reading buddies this week.  We are paired up with Ms. Ploederl's fourth graders.  I posted some pictures to follow this blog.

A huge thank you to Toni Jo Hofacker for her help in our room.  There will be a sign up form coming home in the Wednesday folders if any one else would like to come help in our room.

 Religion

This week we will be learning about Adam and Eve.  We will read the Bible story and create a couple of fun projects that go along with the story.  

Math

We have almost finished our first unit in math.  We have learned to write our numbers 1-5 and can relate the numbers to that many items.  We also learned about circles, squares, and rectangles.   Our next unit works on numbers 6-10.  We have been having a lot of fun working in our math centers, too.  There are pictures of us working hard and having fun!!

Fundations

Fundations is our phonics and handwriting program.  We will be learning the letters c and o this week.  So far we have learned: t, b, f, m, i, u, and n.  We will also work on sentences and what a sentence has to have.

Guided Reading

We are almost ready to begin our guided reading.   We will begin taking home a few sight words to practice each week.  Please practice these each night and send them back when they know the words without having to sound them out.   Everyone will have a different set of words to practice depending on how well they do.  I do not take words away, so they can practice the words they already know, too. They will also soon begin bringing home a book bag with their guided reading book inside.  These will come home with some specific instructions on how to use them. 

Science/Social Studies

This week we will make applesauce to end our apple unit.  We will then begin studying the season of autumn and learning about why leaves change color.

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.  rcowart@stedwardk5.org
Enjoy your week!

Renee Cowart

Calendar

September:

27th - Field Trip to Mulberry Farms

30th - Mass at 8:15am

October:

2nd- Catholic School Mass at the 8:45am Mass

7th-Mass at 8:15am
14th - Mass 8:15am
15th- Harvest Moon Festival
21st - Mass at 8:15am and adoration to follow
26th - Mass at 8:15am
28th - No School

 

Popsicle tongues!!