First Week in Review

Hello Families,

Thank you for sending in all the school supplies for your children!  We have a great supply of kleenex and clorox wipes for our classroom to get us started for the year as well!  :-)  

Updated Class Picture with Jamo 

Playdough Creation with flower

Can you make the numbers 1-20 using only 4's?

Writing words of kindness

Writing words of kindness

Silly Class Picture

The kids and I spent last week getting to know each other through a variety of community building activities.  We will continue to build our classroom family this week while adding some more of the "nitty gritty" curriculum!  Below is a bit of what we will be starting:



Math:  Pre-Test and Unit Lessons 1.1-1.4:  Number Grids, Telling Time and math tools, and Rounding on a number line.
Science: Life Structures Unit:  We will be opening, observing and classifiying various fruits and vegetables.  
Reading:  Building a Reading Life - making reading fun, recognizing "just right" books and how to choose them, and strategies to help read at an appropriate pace.
Writing: Personal Narratives:  Begin to generate story ideas 

When we start our science unit, it will be helpful to have a variety of fruits and vegetables for the kids to dissect.  If possible, please send in one fruit or vegetable with your child on Wednesday the 5th.  Good examples are apples, pears, oranges, kiwi, small tomatoes, green peppers, etc.  We will be cutting them open and examining the properties and seeds within.  

Thank you for the welcoming emails and friendly hello's during our first week!  The BEST way to reach me is through email.  I check it often and will reply ASAP:  katherineknapp@wlcsd.org

Have a great week!  

Sincerely,
Kathy Knapp