- Greeting: Pass the Hello
- Sharing: All About My Family Projects
- Activity: Apple Song and GoNoodle
- Second Step (Social Emotional Learning): Self Talk for Staying on Task
- Calm Classroom (up to 3x/day)
Literacy - Sight Words: the, is
- We will use our sight word in sentences and learn sight word songs - be prepared to hear these songs and they will stick in your head
- We will use our sight word in sentences and learn sight word songs - be prepared to hear these songs and they will stick in your head
- Who Let the Letters Out? song
- No More Letter of the Week program
- This goes over one letter and its sound each day. This week we should get to Z, short A, long A, H, and B. Students will list words beginning with those sounds to add to our reading wall.
- This goes over one letter and its sound each day. This week we should get to Z, short A, long A, H, and B. Students will list words beginning with those sounds to add to our reading wall.
- We will be rotating between our three centers: read to self, read to someone, word work and we will be adding in Teacher Time center this week.
- Phonemic Awareness
- Predictable Sentence: The apple is _____. This will come together as a class book.
Theme
Apples - Parts of an apple
- Apple Germ Experiment
- Apple Volcano
- Magic Apple Writing
- Apple Sink or Float?
Writing
We will continue to independent journal this week. We start with how to make a WOW Picture and come up with a list of topics to write about. Students are encouraged to draw very detailed pictures and the students who can write words/letters are encouraged to do so.
Math - Math Survey
- Math Journal
- Quick Looks
- Five Frames
- Number Books
- Graph Ways to Eat an Apple
- Centers
- Apple Measuring, Apple Spin and Tally, Exploration
Closing Circle - Each day three students will be asked to share something they liked that day and someone who was nice that day.
- Good bye song.
- Secret Student
Snack: Boys donate this month. Please make sure to send a whole class snack (21 students) one day this month.
Upcoming Important Dates: - Apple Measuring, Apple Spin and Tally, Exploration
- Week of Oct. 1 - Bring in one or two apples. Any color will do!
- Monday, October 8 - No School in observance of Columbus Day
- Tuesday, October 9 - Picture Day
- Tuesday, October 16 - Field Trip to County Line Orchard
- Chaperones will be contacted soon
- This is a regular school day
- Chaperones will be contacted soon
- Warrior Wednesday - Every Wednesday students should wear Ray gear or green to show their Warrior pride!
- Wednesdays - Library books due!
Reminders:- Please check regularly and use the Things To Be Working On At Home link on the blog.
- Every Friday morning is the Student Town Hall Meeting. They will be escorted into the school (auditorium) by support staff at 8:45 for the Town Hall Meeting. They will then be escorted to the classroom at 9:15 a.m.
- Homework is given on Monday and due on Friday.
- School starts promptly at 8:45 a.m. Dismissal is at 3:45 p.m.
- Student folders are to come back and forth from school each day. Folders should be emptied out each night and anything that needs to be returned to school should be placed in the left side. Students have the responsibility of turning their folder in to me each day.
- You may contact me at rmaltz@cps.edu or by calling the school. My blog address is rmaltz.weebly.com. Check my website often for updates. Please look around my website and the Ray School website; questions you have may be answered on them.
- Room 101 loves having volunteers, however I will not be asking for volunteers until October/November. You will need to fill out a volunteer packet and follow any directions given in that packet. Information about volunteering at Ray is on the Ray School website.
- We will be having monthly birthday celebrations. You will receive a letter the month of your child’s birthday with all the information. July and August birthdays will be celebrated in June.