August 22nd

It was a successful first week of school!  Our focus this week was on learning our routines and getting familiar with our classroom and the school.  We also learned how to be Safe, Respectful and Responsible in all areas of the building, even the bus.  In the classroom we read stories about friendship.  We made a Friendship Tree, pledging to our classmates that we will do our very best to be a good friend.  Today we made Friendship Bracelets.  Everyone chose a bead and told us something about themselves.  We then got one bead from everybody in our class to make a bracelet full of new friends!

Next week we will dive right into our 26 days of Alphabet Boot Camp where we will introduce a new letter each day and do a variety of fun activities with them.  We will be going straight through A-Z.  This will be a quick review for some students and for other it might be all new.  I will make sure that the kids are getting what they need whether it's more practice with letters and sounds or they are ready to move on to building and reading words.  After the 26 days of letters we will then dive right into our literacy time including daily phonics, reading comprehension and writing.

Rest up this weekend!  My husband and I are traveling to the UP to take my daughter back to NMU.  Hope you all have a great weekend.  Next week it's going to be much hotter, so be sure to send a water bottle for recess time.  

Take a peek at our a week…

Friendship Bracelets!

 

We read Chrysanthemum and made Do-A-Dot Names!

During our Social Center Time, we learn to play with others and be problem solvers!

Have a great weekend!