Mrs. Lehnerer's Class Connection

Tuesdat I read the story, My Teacher Sleeps in School. The class wanted to know if I slept in school! I left it to their imagination. At 11:40 yesterday, someone spotted a toothbrush on the chalk ledge. Well, the class looked all around the room for other clues....I loved seeing the excitement when they found the microwave, the shower, slippers etc! Today they found my towel, teddy bear. pillow and PJ's............... It's going to be a great year!

**FSP starts on Sept. 6th. so continue sending daily snacks and lunches.

**First grade does not use assignment notebooks so you do not need to send in $3. 00. Someone sent a baggie with 3.00 but there wasn't a name. This remined me to tell you to PLEASE LABEL ANY ENVELOPE THAT COMES TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR CHILD'S NAME ON IT. Thanks!!

**Juice boxes are for lunch not snack time. Water is fine at snack time. We have about 5 minutes to eat a small snack.

**Birthdays are celebrated with a special song. Anything is fine for a class treat EXCEPT CUPCAKES. They are too messy.

**Today I tested to see where your child is as far as reading. A copy will be sent home next week.

**WE STILL NEED 1 SHOEBOX FOR THE READING PROJECT.

ML

* Lots of papers are in your child's folder today the 6th! Always review with your child what needs to be gone over. THANKS!!
*Let's go over some of them.
* Each day your child will circle how his/her behavior was. IT IS OK AND PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO YOUR CHILD THAT IF A 2-7 IS CIRCLED IT IS A WARNING AND YOUR CHILD SHOULD NOT GET UPSET!!
* The Math review from last week, (START SMART BACK TO SCHOOL REFRESHER) was a Kdg. review. If something was a " learning moment", it should have a dot. If a letter or # was written incorrecetly, then it should be circled. It's up to you to have your child correct them.
* Remind your child to ask for help anytime! Asking for help is a great thing!!
* We have started on Ch. 1 in Math. We will take Ch. 1 test together to get your child used to test taking. It will be a practice test.

HOMEWORK
* Reading: Until we get into a routine and finish the first reading workbook, review what is in the folder. Family Times always has a game to play inside the booklet.
Look Pat and Nan focused on the ending sound c/k and the beginning sound nuh. Can your child read this story?

*Please email me with any questions or comments. ML

*Thanks to those that remembered to send lunch towels and snacks. The cups never went home Friday but will this Friday.
* Keep checking the take home folder. There are a lot of papers in there today!
* We started the Handwriting book today, wrote in our journals and are half way through the Kdg. review in reading. I will look them over before I send them home and then they are yours to keep! Anything circled your child should go over with you!!
* In Math today we are starting a flashcard game. You can start with adding zero to any number up to 12 and then proceed to adding one to a number up to 12. Ex. 8 plus 1 = 9. If your child knows these really well, move on to twos. An addition assessment will be given this week to show me where your child should practice the flashcards.
* We are also starting Social Studies and Science.
Enjoy the nice weather while it lasts!

Wed. is school picture day!
Fri. will be a spelling test. 10 shoebox words will be used. This will count as a grade!

We do not have calculators in first grade. So it is up to you if you want your child to do the back of the game zone page.

*CLASSROOM REMINDERS: lunch towel, cup and daily snack
~This week your child will bring home his/her first DOL (daily oral language) letter. Each time we have 15 they go home. It shows you what we are learning. Your child can review with you,and or play school with it!

Homework:
**Reading
This will be the last week of non-structured reading homework. Hope you have been putting the paperback stories and words in the shoebox. A nightly pattern will start the following week.

**Phonics has been a quick review of short vowel sounds. We will dive deeper into them. For those that know the sounds already, we will be learning the Phonics rules..... Often when a child comes to an unfamiliar word he/she gets stuck.

**Grammar: We are finishing up the beginning unit.

** Spelling: The words for Friday's test are nut, what, am, one, up, go, but, tent, bug, two

**Math: timed test Tues. Keep practicing the flashcards.

***News***
*Hope to see you Tuesday night!
*Have you had a chance to see the pictures below?
* PLEASE SEND A LUNCH TOWEL........................cup and SNACK too!
* Some are handing in hmwk. without names on them. Could you check for me? That saves from taking away class time. THANKS!!
* Refer to the HAWKTOFEST as to what your child should wear each day next week. GO ST. LINUS!
* Homework:
****READING:
~Mon. Are you playing the game inside Family Times? Reader p. 10-17 RETURN READER
~Tues. My Cat (It's in the take home folder) focus is short a
~Wed. Reader: p. 18-39 RETURN READER
****Grammar: We are working on uppercase letters to begins sentences.
****Spelling: test Friday (at, sat, cat, ran, an, man, will, no, mom, dad)
VISIT spellingcity.com weekly for games that your child can play that go with the spelling words. (Might have to wait until Mon. if you are reading this over the week-end because not sure I can log on.
****Math: Today the class was introduced to estimation, centimeters and weight (oz.) Weekly someone will take the estimation jar home.........
TIME TEST TUESDAY
Happy Autumn and thanks for taking the time to read this! ML

*The new high frequency words will be in your child's folder Mon.

*Orientation night is a meet and greet night. If you need to ask me something specific we can set up a conference time either before or after school. Hopefully you can tell how your child is doing by the amount of papers that are coming home.

* Even with all the rain the students had a lot of fun this week with all the special days.
* If you would be interested in volunteering for the class Halloween, Christmas, or Valentine's Day parties please send me an email. Thanks!!
* Mr. Fox and Mrs. Gallagher did an outstanding job on our yellow submarine! I am hoping it will last the year. You are more than welcome to come in and see it before school or after school. Some students have begun reading in it. They love it!!
* Be sure to return the back page of the handbook.
* CVC Was your child able to tell you what CVC meant? It was the focus of last Tuesdays story My Cat. In a 3 letter word, usually there is a consonant, short vowel and consonant.
*** LUNCH TOWEL, cup, and daily snack

HOMEWORK:
Reading:
Monday~ Family Times (game inside) new shoebox words and reader p. 44-51
Tuesday~ What Can Pam Do? (Short a and final consonants are the focus.)
Wednesday~ reader p. 52-67
Grammar~ working on the naming part of a sentence
Spelling~ test Thursday (book, look, am, all, had, fan, can, sad, find, bad)
Math~ timed addition test Tues. The class will be taking the first Unit 1 Math test along with learning ways to make sums to 10 this week.

HAPPY HAWKTOBERFEST!