Dear Unicorn Families!
Conference
time is upon us. I am looking forward to
meeting with all of you over the next couple of weeks. Each conference will be between 15 to 18
minutes. If we still have things to talk
about after those 18 minutes, I will be happy to set up another time with you
to continue the discussion. If you have
specific questions about your student, we will start with those questions so we
do not run out of time at the end. While
I have many things I can tell you about your child, your concerns and questions
are most important to me. I will send
reminder emails this week for next week’s conferences, and next week for
conferences the week of October 9th.
We
had our first garden visits this week.
Three groups went to visit the garden with two parent volunteers and the
other two groups will go next week. They
looked around the garden at all of the sights and smells. They even looked for seeds. Speaking of seeds. Thank you for all of the seeds and seed pods
we have received in the classroom. I
have placed them all in plastic bags, stapled them to the bulletin board and I
can’t wait to start talking about them next week.
This
week we worked on some dictation sentences with short a words. We use a systematic introduction to spelling
and reading starting with CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant). We then introduce blends (cl, br, sk….) and
then digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ph). The
stronger understanding a child has on how to break down a word, the easier it
is for them to read a word they do not know accurately. In reading we continue to talk about
connections and comparison of characters within books and between books.
Next
week is a regular week with early release on Thursday. The week after (October 9th though
13th) the children get out of school at 11:30 am Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday. There is no school on
Thursday and Friday. Please make sure I
know any schedule changes your child will have that week. Library will be on Wednesday, so please make
sure their library books are back. If
you are collecting Box Tops, please send them in next week, they will be
collecting at the end of the month.
During
the week of conferences, I have some pumpkin activities planned. I have created a Signup-Genius for donations
of pumpkins and for volunteers to help on Tuesday morning. Please let me know if you have any questions.
I
hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Mrs. Berk
