With this week’s newsletter, I am also sending home your child’s DIBELS scores.  Please remember that this assessment is only a snapshot of your child’s pre reading skills at this time.  As with any standardized assessment, it does not exclusively show what a child knows and is capable of learning.  Please read the letter attached to your child’s scores and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 

SHARED JOURNAL

This week, the children continued to share stories.  We really concentrated on retelling the stories through the details in our pictures and with our words.  I have already seen growth in some of the children that I have been working with.  Details are beginning to appear in their pictures and some students are even writing several details to go along with their pictures.  I can’t wait to share their journals with you in a few weeks. 

 THEME

We began talking about homes this week.  We read several books and began discussing why homes are important.  We also analyzed the types of homes in each book and discussed if it would be a good home for us.  Next week, we will be looking at the types of homes we might find in Auburn.

 SHARED READING

Our shared reading books this week focused on the days of the week.  In addition to reading these books, we continued to play I Spy and work with initial sounds.  We even used a Venn Diagram to compare the book Today is Monday, by Eric Carle with the song, “Today is Sunday”, by Dr. Jean.  I also noticed that several children went to the Big Book center at center time and played school.  As I watched them, I saw them rereading these books, working with our chants and using our props to sing the songs that we have been doing with this week’s books!

 Center Time

This week, we opened Writing Center.  We read some books and talked about what things you could do at this center.  The children jumped right in.  So far, 2 books have been written.  I am scanning these and will be adding them to our class web page soon! 

IMPORTANT DATES AND NOTES

 Please don’t forget to send in a coloring book if you have not already done so.  This will be so helpful during journal time when the children finish their journals and must wait until I can meet with them. 

Don’t forget to send in items for our class basket.  Our basket’s theme is Out in the Garden.  I know that we will have a great basket for the silent auction. 

When your child is out, please remember to send in an excuse.  Wear your school t-shirts to the Fall Festival next week!  

I am sending new book orders home today.  If you are interested in ordering from them, please get them back to me by next Friday.

 Monday, September 18 – Cici’s Night

Tuesday, September 19 – Fall Festival

Thursday, September 21 – STAR Night

Friday, September 29 - Celebration

Abby is working on our Smart Board.