The Race Is On!

READ TO FEED!

Kathy Rolfes, teacher librarian, and Molly Meierhoff, reading specialist,  were very excited to launch Heifer International's Read to Feed program to our Mann kids  today.  This program will be the first of our initiatives this year to introduce and reinforce our understanding of the plight of those less fortunate than us while aligning with certain curriculum goals.  Through this reading  program, kids will collect pledges and find ways to collect funds (like book swaps) to benefit Heifer International which gives animals to communities in dire need.  Each grade will learn of a country that Heifer supports (China, Armenia, Rwanda, USA) and lesson plans are available for all teachers and in the media center to support learning about these various communities.  We will also learn about the animals that Heifer donates and how they are used to help the communities to which they are sent (bees/honey).  Kids will be reading and learning about how animals help communities  through the end of October.  We will impress upon the kids that even by reading and not financially supporting the program, they are contributing by  learning about a program that helps others and the communities that it supports.. Look for a information packed to come home with you child!  To learn more about this initiative, please visit www.readtofeed.org.

Kathy and Molly

SPELLING WORDS

1. can
2. man
3. began
4. plan
5. than

Challenge Words:

1. any
2. many
3. very
4. every
5. happy



Everyone is invited to try the challenge words!

Reminders...

Reading Logs: Please return them with your student next Monday.  They need to record the books they are reading during the week and complete one book report.

Spelling Words: Each student completed a pretest. They have the test, along with a note and the wrods in their home folder.

Author Visit:  Peter Brown will be coming to visit.  The book order forms are due back on 9/9/2010!

Weekly Review

Reading: 

This week the class read several different poems from our first unit of Open Court.  We looked at words that rhyme and created our very own RHYME STEW! The class continued to review beginning and ending sounds, blends and long/short vowels.  We even finished our first read aloud... The Class Election From Black Lagoon!  Ask your child who won! 

Math:

In our Everyday Math books we covered the following topics:

1- Tally Marks

2- Number Writing

3- Graphs

4- Number Order

The class made several different graphs this week including ones about our favorite colors.  RED WON! 


Handwriting Without Tears:

The students worked on Frog Jump capital letters.  They each took their time and were very successful at completing their workbooks! It was a frog-tastic week in the Lambville :)! 

Journals:

The students wrote about family, their favorite games, things we do in the fall and what we did this summer.  The students are so proud of their work.  

Reminders:

-Next Friday is our first spelling test! The lists will be posted on the blog starting Tuesday, as well as a hard copy that can be found in your child's home folder. 

-Continue to work on phone numbers and address.

-Reading logs will go home on Tuesday, please return these by Monday, September 13,  2010.

                    FROG JUMP CAPITALS!

                        F E D P B R N M

        Try these at home when practicing HWT!

SIGN UP FOR CONFERENCE TIMES

Please email me if you have not signed up for our conferences in October! I hope you are all having a great Wednesday and remember today is early pick-up!  

:) Mrs. Lamb