Tuesday, Sept. 24

LEFT at Home:

• none

RIGHT Back to School:

• Wilson Wear Order Form (White)
• Math Remembering 1-8 (#1-2)
• [NO RAINBOW WORDS TONIGHT ... Where is my brain this week??  I again forgot to send home the spelling work]

Our Day:

• Daily 5/CAFE:
• Read to Self:  Today our stamina was: 15 minutes 14 seconds!  Wow!  We have SUPER readers!!  I will begin F/P testing on Wednesday to find the level at which your child is reading.  From there, your child will be bringing home books that are a good fit and at their level.
  
• Writing:  Today our stamina was: 9 minutes 23 seconds.  We made a list of the different forms of writing:  Writing a letter, personal narrative, fiction or non-fiction story, silly stories, and poetry.  We will be adding to this list!  We've also come up with a variety of topics to write about, such as:  Launch Your Sister to China, Dragons, Super Heroes, If I Could Shoot Fire Out of My Mouth, Send Your Brother to Space, etc. :)  Writing is soooo much fun!!
  
• Phonics/Spelling:  We played "It's a Race!"  We 'raced' our favorite spider by rolling dice and writing our spelling words.  This was a fun and exciting way to practice our spelling words for the week!
• Math: Unit 1 - Lesson 8: Equations.  Today we learned about equations.  An equation can have only one number on each side of the equal sign (5=5), or it can have many numbers with many different symbols (7-2=1+1+1+1+1).  We also reviewed horizontal equations and vertical equations.
• MEGA Math: Click here to play a game with adding and subtracting at Block Busters: Equations

• Science: Today we read about the 2 groups that scientists divide animals into: Animals WITH Backbones, and Animals WITHOUT Backbones.
• Writer's Workshop: Today we reviewed a "Master" piece of writing.  We are paying close attention to our details in the beginning, middle, and end.  Our reader should feel like they are inside our small moment with us!