Class
News
Mrs. Adams
Sept. 9, 2011
We had our first
spelling test today. Please make sure
your child is doing a spelling activity each day at home. You can use the ideas on the pink sheet I
sent home, or you can make up activities of your own.
We finished the
story Dragon Gets By and took a
vocabulary quiz and comprehension test.
We read each of our stories several times in class and practice the
vocabulary words over a two-week period.
We are working on
addition strategies in math. Please help
your child memorize the facts to 18, especially the doubles. Watch for the folded math page to come home
most days. We work on them together in
class.
We started
practicing keyboarding this week. We
have learned fun songs, practiced keyboard etiquette, and typed the letters in
home row.
I hope you had a
chance to check out our blog, mrsadams2.blogspot.com. Your child can review our interactive math
lessons, try out manipulatives in e-tools and the toolbox, and hear our math
story. This can count as daily math
practice. The Kevin Henkes website is
also a lot of fun!
Our class is studying
the night sky with Mrs. Stockett this month.
This includes the moon, stars, and planets.
I’m sending home a
yellow Highlights form. Will you please
sign and return it next week? If you are
not interested in ordering Highlights, just check no and sign. If you are interested, include your address,
as well. Even if they are all marked NO,
we can still get free items for our classroom!
If you haven’t
already returned your CityGro money or cards, please do that as soon as
possible. Our school gets half of the
money for each card sold, which helps pay for our SOAR and social skills
programs at school.
I will email our
classroom volunteers this weekend to set up days and times.
Thank you for your
support, and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Have a great weekend!
Kristen Adams
kristen.adams@canyonsdistrict.org