It is so hard to believe that it is fall and almost the beginning of October. We are in full swing in our room and the children have adjusted to their new classroom, classmates and teachers nicely.
The children have a few new faces this year. Mr. Moretti as their PE teacher, Mrs. Schdiman has their music teacher and Mrs. Ramano as our para professional in our classroom. Mrs. Lubbers, Mrs. Kovack and Mrs. McCauley are our reading specialist who the children join during WYNN. Also your child may see Mrs. Sampieri, Mrs. Sekelsky or Mrs. Quinlan during WYNN as well. Just wanted you all to know the names in case they came up around the dinner table.
A few other names you may be hearing are Kevin, Donald, George and Cynthia. As in Kevin Henkes, Donald Crews, George McClement and Cynthia Rylant. They are amazing mentor authors who we refer to often during Writer's Workshop. The children are blossoming as writers and enjoy writing about themselves through small moment stories. Ask them about Writer's Workshop.
The children are also becoming mathematicians and embracing our new math modules. I am really impressed how they are grasping the concepts of part-part-total and addition. We have been working on problem solving everyday as well. Ask them about their math journals.
We are also beginning our science unit about sunshine and shadows and we will be doing some experiments this week.
Please remember to have your child read the books in their reading bags and read to them nightly for pleasure. It also helps their fluency to hear strong readers .
Most importantly, enjoy this month of beautiful afternoons before it begins to get dark quick. Play outside, go for walks and spend time talking to them about their day. Remember, they will only be this young once.
Have a beautiful week,
Mrs. Crenwick
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