Saturday, August 23, 2014

Great first week!

We got a lot done during our first week of school!  We practiced using our Tribe agreements. The class is especially good at attentive listening and mutual respect. The agreements are going to be made our official class rules on Monday.  They are also part of our first project. The students are going to pick which agreement is their favorite.  Then in groups they will come up with a way to teach their agreement to a first grade class.  So far the class has thought about doing skits.

In reading we started the read to self component of Daily 5.  We discussed what the students should be doing during read to self. We then started building stamina.  It is important that we practice read to self correctly while building stamina so that when I am working with groups of students the rest of the class is on task working independently.  Next week we are going to start work on writing and read with someone.  Once the class can work independently on all components of Daily 5 I will start working with groups.

We did two writing assessments last week.  The students wrote a narrative and an opinion piece.  These will help me know what we need to work on during writing.

The class voted to have a panda as our "class buddy".  We will name him this week and he will go home with a student next Thursday.  I can't wait to see what adventures he has during the year!

We have a great class!  The returning Oasis students have been very welcoming and helpful to those students new to the school.  It's going to be a great year!

Friday, August 15, 2014

Thank you

Thank you to all of you who made it to back to school night last night. For those who were unable to attend please stop by to get your child's binder with all the important papers that need to be filled out. Don't forget to send the white binder back Monday morning. We will switch the assignment log papers to their binders they bought and use the white binders for their writing.

Also, don't forget to have your child bring their Me Bags. We will start sharing them on Monday.

Enjoy your weekend! I can't wait to see everyone Monday morning!

Monday, August 11, 2014

Magazines

I have an idea for a project on the first day of school.  I need magazines that we can cut up.  If you have any you would like to donate to the class could you please drop them off at the school.  Thanks!

Sunday, August 10, 2014

August 10th

I can't believe summer is already coming to an end. Enjoy your last week!

Back-to-school night is Thursday August 14 at 6:00 p.m.  During this time I will give you classroom information.  You will also get the school handbook and papers that will need to be signed and returned.  We will also discuss classroom volunteers and get parents signed up to help.

Be on the lookout for a letter that I am mailing to your child tomorrow.  I am asking them to bring in 3 things to let us know about them.  Please have them bring their items on the first day of school.  We will share them throughout the week.  If your child doesn't receive a letter by Wednesday please let me know.