Sunday, November 26, 2017

Nov. 27th-Dec. 1st

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break.  I can't wait to see everyone and hear all about their time with family and friends.

We will be starting a fun Push and Pull unit in science. We will continue to work on writing in our journals. During guided reading they will be receiving a new book. Please read with them each night and have them return the books each day. we will be doing different activities that require them to have their book each day.

Ipads: I will be sending ipads home this week. They will be doing math activities on a math app. I will let your child know which app they will using. 

What we know:

Letters: We have been been learning the sounds and recognizing the letters, t, b, f, m, n, u, i, o, c, s, a, e, r, j, p, h, l, k, v, w, x, and y.  Help your child recognize letters and their sounds. Have them say the letter, the picture, and then the sound the letter makes. For example, t, top, /t/. This week we are adding the letters q and z. These are the last letters. We will continue to blend sounds in a spoken word.

Sight Words: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go. Please have your child practice the sight words. They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. 

Specials Schedule:  Our class is divided in half each day. Half of the class goes with Mrs. Zarlengo's class and the other half goes with Mrs. Mink's class. 

Group 1:

11/27 Music
11/28 Music
11/29 Enrichment
11/30 Art
12/1 Art

Group 3:

11/27 Enrichment
11/28 Art
11/29 Art
11/30 Enrichment
12/1 PE

Important Dates:

none

Have a great week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman




Monday, November 13, 2017

November 13th-17th

We had another amazing week. The book fair started on Friday and we made our wish list. In class we have been learning about Thanksgiving in the past, present, and future.  We are doing fun activities to help us with this social studies activity.

Your child came home with their ipads today. Please have your child sign on and read the books I have assigned to them. Then they can go on to Doodle Buddy and any app on their ipad. Please charge ipads each night and return them to school each day.


What we know:

Letters: We have been been learning the sounds and recognizing the letters, t, b, f, m, n, u, i, o, c, s, a, e, r, j, p, h, l, k, v, w, x, and y.  Help your child recognize letters and their sounds. Have them say the letter, the picture, and then the sound the letter makes. For example, t, top, /t/. This week we are adding the letters v and w. We have started Phoneme Blending. Identifying sounds in a spoken word. 

Sight Words: the, see, can, a, I, like, we, to, go. Please have your child practice the sight words. They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. 
Specials Schedule:  Our class is divided in half each day. Half of the class goes with Mrs. Zarlengo's class and the other half goes with Mrs. Mink's class. 

Group One will go with Miss. Zarlengo's class to:
11/13 Art 
11/14 Enrichment
11/15 PE
11/16 PE
11/17 Enrichment

Group Three will with go with Mrs. Mink's class to:

11/13 PE
11/14 PE
11/15 Enrichment
11/16 Music
11/17 Music

Important Dates:

11/13  Vision screening, Book Fair 7:30-4:00
11/14 Book Fair 7:30-4:00
11/15 Book Fair 

Thanksgiving holiday No School Nov. 20-24

Have a wonderful week.

Always,

Mrs. Dahman


Sunday, November 5, 2017

Nov. 6th-10th

Nov. 6th - 10th


We had a great week! We have been moving along smoothly in math, reading, and writing. Continue to work with your child at home. Practice the sight words and read with them each night. They will be coming home with a book each night in a baggie. Please read with them each night. Please return the book each day. We do an activity with the books each day.

What we know:

Letters: We have been been learning the sounds and recognizing the letters, t, b, f, m, n, u, i, o, c, s, a, e, r, j, p, h, l, and k.  Help your child recognize letters and their sounds. Have them say the letter, the picture, and then the sound the letter makes. For example, t, top, /t/. This week we are adding the letters v and w. We have started Phoneme Blending. Identifying sounds in a spoken word. 

Sight Wordsthe, see, can, a, I, like, we, to and go. Please have your child practice the sight words. They can write the sight words on index cards to make flash cards. They can trace them in salt. Our new sight word for the week is: and.

Specials Schedule:  Our class is divided in half each day. Half of the class goes with Mrs. Zarlengo's class and the other half goes with Mrs. Mink's class. 

Group One will go with Miss. Zarlengo's class to:
11/6 Tech
11/7 Music
11/8 Music
11/9 Tech
11/10 Art

Group Three will with go with Mrs. Mink's class to:

11/6 Music
11/7 Tech
11/8 Art
11/9 Art
11/10 Tech

Important Dates:

11/9 Hearing and Vision screening
11/10 Bronco spirit wear day.
11/10 Scholastic Book Fair starts

Have a wonderful week!

Always,

Mrs. Dahman