August Notes from Ms. Chaney's Classroom

DIBELS...

    Parents make sure your child has breakfast and gets good sleep the night before his or her first day!  Our DIBELS team will be assessing them for their initial reading skill levels.

Benchmark...

     Initial testing given to students to help the teacher assess what letters, letter sounds, and comprehension skills your child may already possess.

Routines & Procedures...

    The students will become familiar with classroom routines, the school, and the staff during the first week.  I hope that they enjoy their first week!

For the Home & School Connection project...
  
    I will be sending a face home with each student.  Please take time to sit down with your child and work on making this face look like your child!  Use things such as yarn, buttons, jewels, bows, paper glasses, paper earrings, etc.  These faces will be placed in the hallway outside of my room to represent my students.  Please return this project by August 22nd.

Colors!
  
   August 18th, Thursday our class will be wearing red shirts
   August 19th, Friday our class will be wearing blue shirts
   August 22nd, Monday our class will be wearing yellow and/or orange shirts
   August 23rd, Tuesday our class will be wearing green shirts
   August 24th, Wednesday our class will be wearing brown shirts
   August 25th, Thursday our class will be wearing purple and/or pink shirts
   August 26th, Friday our class will be wearing black and/or white

Literacy

   1.1 The Little School Bus  (Rhyming / Letters A,a, B, b, C, c, D, d, and E, e / Skill = Character)
   High Frequency Words: I & am

Writing
  
    Writing First Names
    Writing Simple Sentences

Mathematics

     There are various routines that your child will be involved with during mathematics.  The initial focus will
be on the attendance stick where the students will learn how and why we keep attendance.  :)

I'm so excited to get this first week started! 

Ms. Chaney