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January 13, 2012

Welcome back Room 13 Families!

This week's Word Wall Words were:

rain, quit, talk, very, enough

Reminder:

*No school on Monday, Jan. 16th

*Poetry Reading/Book Signing Party on Thursday, January 19th at 8:30

 

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Room 13 News

December 09, 2011

Hello Room 13 Families,

I will not be sending home a Scholastic flyer for December because of the Scholastic Book Fair at school this month.  I hope to see some of you here tomorrow for the Fall Fundraiser.

We will have a Writing Celebration sometime in January to celebrate all of the hard work your students have been doing in our Poetry unit.  I will let you know the date when we return from break.

In this week's Thursday packet you will find a white envelope with an order form inside.  This is for our class Poetry book that I am going to have published.  PLEASE fill out the form whether you are ordering a book or not.  The company will not publish our book if we do not have a form from each child in the class.

Often times being out of school for three weeks can cause students to forget vital information covered in class.  Over the break, please have your student continue to read, write, practice word sorts and go over basic addition and subtraction facts.  Writing letters and cards to family members is a great way for them to practice their writing skills.  These cards and letters serve as a wonderful keepsake for years to come.

We have one more week of school left!  Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication this first trimester!  Room 13 is full of truly amazing students and I am so thankful for the opportunity to work with every single one of them.  If I don't see some of you before the break - have a wonderful holiday season!

Ms. Tammy

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Classroom News

November 07, 2011

Hello Room 13 Families,

Thank you all for the overwhelming support you have shown me since I shared my news of me being pregnant!  You are all so wonderful and I'm lucky to be surrounded by such supportive families!

Last week we started yoga and had a beekeeper come to our class to do a presentation on bees!  Ask your student about it.

Thank you for coming to our Writing Celebration last week.  The kids were so excited to share all of their hard work with you.  This week we are starting a new writing unit on Poetry.

In Readers Workshop we are beginning to talk about retelling and ways that readers think about books to grow ideas.

In math, first graders are learning about doubles facts such as 2+2, 4+4, 5+5 etc...  Second graders are working on doubles facts, fact families and memorizing basic addition and subtraction facts.

Ask Me About:

+9 shortcut (2nd graders)

using doubles facts to help with "near doubles" (2nd graders)

how to retell a story using "time words"

facts about bees

yoga poses

our 5 senses

Room 13 is at 58% participation for the Annual Campaign! 

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Ask Me About

October 28, 2011

•  The pumpkin life cycle.
• Contractions
• Five Little Pumpkins Song

Word Wall Words for the week:

I'm

it's

can't

didn't

don't

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Ask Me About

October 15, 2011

In Readers Workshop, we have been learning about how to figure out "Tricky words" - ask your student some of the things a good reader can do when they come to a "tricky word."

 

In Writers Workshop, we have been learning about how to "show not tell" by adding inner thoughts and talking to our writing.  We have also learned about using sound words to make our stories more interesting.  Ask your student about the writing piece they are working on.

 

Other "Ask Me About" ideas:

Four Corners Game

Word Wall Words and Word Sorts

Zero the Hero

Computer Lab

P.E.

Morning Meeting Activities

Music

 

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