We had a wonderful day together!
We started our day by "signing in" - meaning the kiddos practiced writing their first and last names. We then transitioned to calendar, where the kiddos worked on counting, days of the week, months of the year, graphing the weather, and place value. We also started Happy Camper today. Happy Camper is an interview that is done in the front of the class. Each student will get a turn to answer the interview questions. I modeled being the Happy Camper today and the students loved listening to/guessing what my answers would be. :) In addition to our new Happy Camper routine, the students were also introduced to our Daily News routine. The Daily News is a classroom newspaper that will go home every week with their homework packets. After reading "Animals in the Park," we practiced writing the letter Aa and the letter Aa sound (/a/). We were able to squeeze in a short recess/free choice time and then made our very own Peter the Cat. To say Pete is cute would be an understatement! :)
The am kiddos also celebrated another birthday with a Royal Reader. :)
Important Information:
1. The volunteer calendar is just about done. I'm waiting on a few schedules from folks and then I'll put it all together. The volunteer calendar is set to start next week (9/21/15).
2. Homework and Take Home Books will also start next week (9/21/15).
3. PTO meeting is tonight at 6:30pm in the library. Hope to see you there!
4. Our cookie dough fundraiser starts this Friday (9/18/15).
5. If you have not yet put the yellow transportation tag on your child's backpack, please do that tonight. It so helpful and important that we know how your child will be getting home.
6. If you haven't turned in all your school forms, please do so asap! Thanks!
