8/26/2018 0 Comments The Cahill ChroniclesMy newsletter will change after this first week. Since we've only been in school for a few days, this newsletter is more of information needed. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me!:) What Are We Learning? Reading- I will introduce my students to Reader's Workshop. This model functions with a whole group aspect with specific modeled teaching, read aloud, and during guided reading groups they go to daily 5 centers. We will go though procedures with all of this during this week. My students will also learn about reading stamina. We will be building their reading stamina throughout the year. We will practice finding books that are "just right" for them and making sure they choose books that are exciting and they can read! Writing- I will introduce Writer's Workshop to my students. We will be using a notebook and a folder for writing. We will set these up this week and go over expectations during this time. I will have student write about summer activities this week. We will practice sounding out words as we write! Math- This week we will start calendar math at the beginning of the math block and then introduce math warm ups. These warm ups are meant to take a few minutes only and get practice of concepts. I will slowly introduce some math games and math apps this week for them to use during guided math groups when they are not with me in small groups. Science/ Social Studies- We will continue to build our community in our classroom by doing various activities to get to know one another better. In science we will start the unit on What is a scientist? My students will be learning what a scientist is, what tools they use, and the different kinds of scientists there are! Specials for the week: Monday A- Art. Tuesday B-P.E. Wednesday C- Music. Thursday A- Art. Friday B- P.E. Behavior/Class Dojo This week your child will come home with a sheet about class dojo. I will only be using this at school. I will be tying in points to earning money. They will earn money and on Fridays be able to spend the money on coupons to redeem. The coupons are such things as lunch with the teacher to borrow a teacher's stuffed animal for the day. My students will be introduced and learn all about this during the week. If your child had a consistent area where he or she is having problems with, I will contact you either by email or phone. We are signing a 'social contract' tomorrow after we discuss what the expectations are like for them in the classroom. I will make a copy to send home so that you can further discuss at home and be aware of the expectations in my classroom. SeeSaw: We will be using this online tool to post things we do in the classroom as well as students work. Please use the sheet I gave out at Lemonade Social and sign your child up to use. :) It's been a great start to our year. I appreciate all your generosity from both our wish list on amazon and our Donor's Choose project with STEM kits. I am excited to see how far all my students will come this year!!! :) Kindly, Ms. Cahill :)
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