Sign Ups

Please be sure to look for sign ups this week for conferences (if you are interested) and how to help out at our booth for Harvest Fest. They will be outside our classroom!

Writing Samples

Going home this week with more tests (phonics, math, and spelling), is a sample of your child's writing and how I graded it. I look for 4 main points (which we go over a great deal in class). I look for: 1. Conventions (do they have capital letters in the right places, finer spaces between words, and punctuation at the end of their sentences). 2. Does the story they are writing make sense (is there a beginning, middle, and end). 3. Did they write the required number of sentences for that assignment (usually between 1-4 at the beginning of the school year). 4. Spelling (when spelling a word they don't know how to spell or can't find in the room, do they write down the beginning, middle, and end sounds when they sound it out.) Look for further explanation with the sample of your child's writing this week!

This Week...

Family Project- Our first family project is due this Wednesday, October 4th. Be sure to finish it up and hand it in. We still have all 28 students to give their presentations!

Assessments- Coming home this week are the phonics tests we have taken so far in class. Hopefully you have been seeing the math and spelling tests already...

On the phonics tests there are spelling sections, matching sections with pictures and letters/blends, coding, and reading comprehension. There are also oral sections on the back where I test each child individually on their letter/blend sounds and reading skills. These sections on the back will probably cause the most confusion. I have tried to clearly mark if a question was wrong, what the student's answer was, and what it should have been. However, it still is in "shorthand", so feel free to ask if you have any questions about the tests!

Field Trip- Our field trip to the Agua Linda Pumpkin Patch is on October 27th. Permission slips and information were sent home last week. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions.