Hello! It's Sunday afternoon and such a beautiful day! I hope that this weather continues throughout the week ~ it's great to go out and get some fresh air with the kids when we can!
Here's what we've been doing so far this year:
We started off the year getting into the routine of school- our daily schedule, going to Music, Gym, Library and Computers, Lunchtime & Recess routines and much more! The children have done a wonderful job and are really getting acclimated to our school day.
We also began with an overview of the alphabet, which we're still going through now. It's just a quick refresher on each letter before we get into learning each sound and using these letters to form words. Many of the children are reading already and that is awesome! Throughout the year I will be helping them using our Guided Reading series. This series is really wonderful in that it meets the child at their level. This is done in a small group. The groups are not always the same, changing to meet the needs of the different learners and what my lesson pertains to that week.
In Math we've started with learning about patterns and sorting and classifying. We'll finish that up this week, and next week move onto learning numbers and counting.
In Science we've learned about matter and it's different states: solid, liquid, gas. We've also talked and learned about the difference between living and non-living things. As we get further into the fall season we will start to talk about migration and hibernation and what different animals do to get ready for winter.
In Social Studies we've learned about ourselves and how we fit into our community. We have talked about our friends at school and have started talking about our families at home. We will continue to work on our families for the next couple of weeks. Coming home soon will be a 'family tree' poster for you to fill out and decorate and return to school.
In Religion we've been learning about Creation. We've heard the story from Genesis in the Bible about how God created the earth and how God made all living things. We are now talking about our responciblity to take care of this great earth that God has given to us. We will continue this through this week and then move on to talk about God as our Father, which will nicely tie into our lessons on family in Social Studies.
Our Center Times are going nicely- THANK YOU to those who are able to help! I could not do these without your help and the children LOVE having you here. I know that many are not able to participate this way due to work, and I understand, as I am also not able to participate with my son's activities as much do to my schedule. Please know that there will be other opportunities to help out throughout the year - Halloween time, Christmas time, maybe working on some cutting or other prep work for a project, chaperoning for a field trip...I will try to give you plenty of notice for the extra special things to help make time for them in your schedule.
*Speaking of extra special things...Grandparents' Day is coming up in October. Please look for our October newsletter coming out soon for this date...if a grandparent is not available on that day, a special friend would do nicely to come and visit also.
***I am still looking for one more helper on Mondays and Wednesdays for Centers. I will send home a calendar for October this week.
Field Trip to the Orchard
Our field trip went well! I was so afraid we'd have to reschedule but the weather held out for us and we made it back to school just in time. The children really enjoyed the tour, filling their jugs with cider and picking apples. THANK YOU BAYFIELD APPLE COMPANY FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY!!!
That's all for now...thanks for stopping by!
May God bless us all with a wonderful week!!
Love,
Mrs. Westlund =)
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