Settling in!

This week went so well! We're all getting settled into our usual routines and each day we're getting faster with our transitions!

New this week is our Classroom Dojo this is a classroom management tool that parents can keep tabs on their child's progress during the day too! Sent home on Thursday (or Wednesday if you were at Meet the Teacher) were your parent log in's to join the site and follow Miss Potter's Superstars!
If you need another copy of your log in information please let me know!

In Language Arts this week we have been working on our Popcorn Words homework and Phonics.

Popcorn Words are those silly sight words that might break some spelling rules, so we have to practice reading them until they POP out of our mouths! Every Monday a set of 5 words will be sent home and can be return by Friday (Monday the latest) for a homework star on their charts!

Phonics this week we are reviewing our Jolly Phonics Alphabet! So far we have covered, S, A, T, I and Monday will do P! This is our first group! We have thought things in our world that start with these letters and practiced writing these words out. You might see some phonics pages come home, those are to keep you updated with what were doing and are not homework. The only homework ever sent home (unless there is special circumstances) will be in the red Popcorn Words Duotang. 

In Math we have spent a lot of time practicing counting and representing numbers in different ways (up to 20). We have started working in our Number's Galore books, which show us how to tally, print our number words and simple addition sentences.
To start up this concept we played a Friend Finding Game - each student has a number shown in different ways (tallies, ten frames, etc). They had one minute to find partners with the same value. We then talked about number recipes, all the different ways to make numbers.

Next week we will start talking about addition and subtraction sentences.

In Social we are starting our All About Me unit. We will be having 1 Star Student each week, who will be sent home with a chart to fill out all about themselves. On the Friday of their week they will share their poster with the class.

In Science we have talked about seasons; Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall. We read a book that told us how the sun affects our season and changes the weather and the length of our days. As a review, ask you students what kinds of clothes they would wear in each season and what weather they would see.