October 19th - October 23rd

What We Are Learning! 

Language Arts:

This week in Readers Workshop we will learn how to use print to understand books! 

We will work on adding some labels in our books too!  

In Writer's Workshop we will continue to talk about things good writers do:
-Start with a capital

-Leave finger spaces between words

-End with punctuation (. ? !)

We will learn how to go back and "fancy up" our writing before we share it with the world! 

We will also get two new SNAP Words:

at

see 

Library Day 

F2F Learners can return Library books on Monday 10/19 and check out a new book! 

Virtual learners, please click HERE for information on checking out a book from our library!

Math:

In Math this week, we will review our counting strategies. We will become experts at using one-to-one correspondence to correctly count objects up to and back from 10. We will also be giving out Math Workbooks and Number of the Day folders next week during supply pick up, so be sure to pick those up!! We can't wait to start using those! 

Science:

This week in Science we will continue our unit of study on Force and Motion! We will learn abut how things move and an objects location relative to another object.

Some new vocabulary words will be:
Position, Motion, Speed, Friction, and Force

Social Studies: 

We will continue to learn about holidays and patriotic holidays.  We will focus on customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as fireworks on Independence Day! 

 

Here are the results from our class elections!  We had a great time voting for President and it looks like our overall winner is DUCK! 

Calendar Dates: 

Friday, October 16th - Report Cards will be sent home virtually 

Wednesday, October 21st - Virtual Learner Supply Pick Up from 8:00 - 9:00

Red Ribbon Week October 26th - October 30th -  More Info Coming Soon! 

Ms. Martin's Principal Newsletter: 

Click HERE for this week's newsletter! 

Important Reminders / Announcements:

Supply Pick Up for Virtual Learners:

We will have a supply pick up for Virtual learners on Wednesday, October 21st from 8:00 to 9:00.  These are FREE supplies that your child will need to pick up in order to complete the work in their Schoology courses during the second nine weeks! We will be sending home Writing folders, Math workbooks, Magnets for Science, Styluses for the iPads, and MUCH more!  

iPad Info - Zoom Single Sign On

All virtual learners will need to update their student iPads to the latest IOS 14. Please go under settings and software to see available updates. This will need to be done by October 14th. If the update is not completed by October 19th the device will lock down until it is updated! 

Also, all students will need to complete the Zoom Sign on ASAP. CISD is updating and changing zoom settings so your child will no longer be able to log into our class zoom meetings without being signed in. Please click HERE for step by step zoom instructions. 

Zoom Expectations: 

Will you please take some time to review Zoom Expectations with your child? All students both virtual and F2F students are participating in some zooms and we have really been working on using our best manners on zoom! This will help everyone have a great learning experience! Thank you!