K-3 Newsletter

                              Mrs. MacIntyre

October 9, 2015

Dear Families,

I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful Autumn weather. We had a nice week here in K-3. I went to a science training on Tuesday to learn about a new science unit we will be starting this winter call Animals Two by Two. Right now we are digging right into our Trees and Weather unit and the students are really enjoying watching the changes in the trees right outside our window. You may notice your child paying special attention to trees or even naming different parts of a tree. Enjoy and encourage this with them!

Our letter of the week was “Pp”. Our tongue twister was “Pat and Paul pick pickles and peppers.” I hope that you enjoyed reading your child’s September writing. I will send a folder home at the end of each month.I will also be keeping one writing sample from each month in a folder here at school. At the end of the year you will get the folder and you will be amazed at the growth your child makes!

We are also moving forward in our SIPPS phonics program. When your child brings home the story papers like the I see pets paper that went home last week, you only need to read that with your child, it does not have to be sent home. You will also see some writing papers that we do in class come home. If you have any questions, feel free to write me a note.

In math, we  counted, named and graphed pattern blocks. We also identified and matched numbers and continued practice in our Go Math workbooks. You may have noticed your child will be getting math homework every Wednesday night, that is our homework night, in case I haven’t mentioned that.

We are reading lots of literature about trees, apples and pumpkins. Next week, we will taste different apples and graph our favorite.

I will try to take the class outside to look at the trees throughout the fall. I know it may seem hard to know how to dress your child in the morning. Layering works best. Our classroom is pretty comfortable: not too hot or cold. Having a sweatshirt to wear outside is important and please if you haven’t already LABEL the sweatshirts and hats, they get left outside a lot. Thank you in advance!!

Remember there is no school on Monday in honor of Columbus Day and Tuesday is a Professional Development Day for teachers. I hope that you all enjoy the long weekend!

See you on Wednesday October 14th!!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre