Important Dates & Reminders

• October 5: Student Holiday, no school for students 
• October 10: Teacher Workday, no school for students 
• October 11: Family Science Night at TLES from 6:00-7:30
• October 24: Student Holiday, no school for students
• October 28: End of Quarter 1, 2 hr. Early Release, Community Celebration, Conferences 
• October 31: Student Holiday and Conferences, no school for students

Language Arts

What We Learned This Past Month:

Reading: 

• We worked on following reading workshop routines. 
• We shared our ideas about books with partners and the whole group.
• We learned to read with partners
• We worked on learning about letters and our names.

Writing: 

• We worked on following writing workshop routines. 
• We worked on sharing stories before writing.
• We learned to share our writing with friends.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

Reading

• We will learn to ask questions before, during and after reading

• We will learn to make predictions about what might happen next in a story.

• We will learn about breaking apart words. 

Writing:  

• We will be learning to match what we are writing to the story we tell.
• We will learn to write stories about one idea or time.

Math

What We Learned This Past Month:

• We learned to follow Math Workshop routines
• We learned how to take care of our community math tools
• We learned how to sort by color, shape and size
• We are learning to share our thinking as mathematicians

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

• We will begin to work on number sense 
• Students will work on counting forwards to 20 and backwards from 10
• Students will work on writing numerals 0-10

Science & Social Studies (Content)

What We Learned This Past Month:

• We focused on building our classroom community and establishing routines.
• We created class rules.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

• We will be learning about community helpers
• We will learn about using our 5 senses

Community (Concept)

What We Learned This Past Month:

• We learned that communities have rules
• We learned that our families and our classroom are a community
• We learned that community members help each other
• We learned that everyone in a community matters

What We Will Be Learning Next Month:

• We will learn about the places we go in a community
• We will learn about how community helpers work in a community

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