Tomorrow is the first day of school for your little ones and my new little ones. I am excited to get to know all of them and all of you. Just so you are aware, the first couple weeks are always a little bumpy with the children transitioning, the parents transitioning and with me having a lot to do at the beginning of the year. That said, it will settle down into a nice groove by early September and hopefully all routines and procedures will be understood.
The first week in room 110 is a lot of exploring a new environment. The students will learn some of the routines and procedures (a couple a day) that help the class function and eventually they will be doing it without thinking about it. We will go over things like classroom rules, walking in the hallways, washroom, sink, getting their attention, caring for materials and how to do a few easy games/tasks. We start our unit one curriculum the third week of school because these first two weeks are necessary to get these procedures down. Please be patient with email return at the beginning of the year as there is much to do. I will hopefully be able to return emails daily.
I will see your children tomorrow and some of you too. Good night and let's go have a great year!
Mr. E
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
The last full week!
Thank you all for the generous end of the year gift. It was WAY too kind but appreciated. This year could not have been such a success without amazing support from the best supporting cast at LaSalle II. I am sad to see your little ones go but look forward to seeing them continue to learn, discover and mature in first grade and beyond.
This week in the classroom I will be assessing (Monday-Wednesday) along with teaching regular, but fun, lessons. We will also be breaking down and cleaning the room for summer break. Friday will be my last day with the kids because of a wedding in California but they will have a sub on Monday and should have a blast with field day.
Thanks again. Have a great summer!
Mr. Edwards
This week in the classroom I will be assessing (Monday-Wednesday) along with teaching regular, but fun, lessons. We will also be breaking down and cleaning the room for summer break. Friday will be my last day with the kids because of a wedding in California but they will have a sub on Monday and should have a blast with field day.
Thanks again. Have a great summer!
Mr. Edwards
Sunday, June 9, 2013
June 10-14
This week we will be doing a lot of prep on our zoo. Our room is being transformed and will look much different on Friday. Remember, you are invited to an end of the year teacher appreciation event (including our classroom zoo, refreshments and a small presentation). You are welcome to come in to the room anytime after 1:30 this Friday. You can stay until dismissal if you would like.
This week is also our last formal week of structure and lessons. We will be reading Little Quack and reviewing all comprehension strategies. The students will learn how to write a friendly letter and continue making their own stories/books. We will be doing addition and subtraction word problems for math, as well as reviewing time and money.
It should be a great week in room 110. I am excited to see you all Friday afternoon.
Mr. E
This week is also our last formal week of structure and lessons. We will be reading Little Quack and reviewing all comprehension strategies. The students will learn how to write a friendly letter and continue making their own stories/books. We will be doing addition and subtraction word problems for math, as well as reviewing time and money.
It should be a great week in room 110. I am excited to see you all Friday afternoon.
Mr. E
Sunday, June 2, 2013
June 3-7
This week is LaSalle II Healthy Week! We will be doing some fun healthy things in the room as well as learning about being healthy. A letter will come home tomorrow explaining it.
Reading
Armadillo's Orange is our book this week. We are focusing on synthesis as our comprehension skill for the rest of the year. Synthesis is pretty much taking all the comprehension skills learned this year and putting them all together. It is not just reading a text and knowing the story details but understanding why characters feel a certain way or knowing what a character will do next, by connecting to personal experiences from the book.
Writing
We continue to explore being authors. We will be writing a how-to-essay for our kindergarten writing book.
Math
We will visit height and connect it with length (which we learned last week). We will briefly review sorting and classifying before getting into addition stories at the end of the week. We are still exploring time/clocks and throughout our days.
Social Studies
Working on the next page of our kindergarten book which is "My country". Learning a bit about the U.S.A.
Science
We will begin the process of transforming our classroom into a zoo. Students are putting together a culminating project this year that you will be invited to come and visit June the 14th. Students will pick a animal (or zoo job) and research it and become it. More info to follow via email.
Mr. E
Reading
Armadillo's Orange is our book this week. We are focusing on synthesis as our comprehension skill for the rest of the year. Synthesis is pretty much taking all the comprehension skills learned this year and putting them all together. It is not just reading a text and knowing the story details but understanding why characters feel a certain way or knowing what a character will do next, by connecting to personal experiences from the book.
Writing
We continue to explore being authors. We will be writing a how-to-essay for our kindergarten writing book.
Math
We will visit height and connect it with length (which we learned last week). We will briefly review sorting and classifying before getting into addition stories at the end of the week. We are still exploring time/clocks and throughout our days.
Social Studies
Working on the next page of our kindergarten book which is "My country". Learning a bit about the U.S.A.
Science
We will begin the process of transforming our classroom into a zoo. Students are putting together a culminating project this year that you will be invited to come and visit June the 14th. Students will pick a animal (or zoo job) and research it and become it. More info to follow via email.
Mr. E
Monday, May 27, 2013
Memorial Day week
Go Blackhawks!
We will be studying habitats and animals from now until the end of the year. As well as learning to infer while we are reading. We are headed to the zoo on Thursday! We will be leading about measurement in math this week. We will be writing a non-fiction piece for our kindergarten writing book.
Mr. E
We will be studying habitats and animals from now until the end of the year. As well as learning to infer while we are reading. We are headed to the zoo on Thursday! We will be leading about measurement in math this week. We will be writing a non-fiction piece for our kindergarten writing book.
Mr. E
Sunday, May 19, 2013
May 20-24
Reading
We are reading Little Panda this week as we continue our study of animals. (the kids had a blast learning about chameleons last week) For the rest of the year we will be making inferences while we read as well as using all the other strategies we learned this year. Making inferences is like being a reading detective. Using clues from the text to figure things out.
Writing
We will continue to review different types of writing that we learned this year as we put together our kindergarten writing book. I am also using fun texts/books as models to give students ideas of how to make their stories/books more interesting.
Math
We are composing and decomposing numbers to 20. The kids did great last week with numbers to 10 so they should catch on to this quick. We will be using ten frames this week. Students should be able to use vocabulary like 10 and 4 is 14, or 14 is 10 and 4. We will also be subtracting and adding with a number line. Students should be able to say the 14 is 2 more than 12 by finding 12 on a number line and jumping two numbers more. We are exploring adding coins a bit as well as telling time to the hour. (just introducing this though)
Social Studies
We will be taking 5-10 minutes each day prior to recess to discuss social issues and talk about appropriate behavior towards one another at recess and always. Please continue this conversation at home.
There are a lot of new videos on my youtube channel from last week. (search lee edwards)
Mr. E
We are reading Little Panda this week as we continue our study of animals. (the kids had a blast learning about chameleons last week) For the rest of the year we will be making inferences while we read as well as using all the other strategies we learned this year. Making inferences is like being a reading detective. Using clues from the text to figure things out.
Writing
We will continue to review different types of writing that we learned this year as we put together our kindergarten writing book. I am also using fun texts/books as models to give students ideas of how to make their stories/books more interesting.
Math
We are composing and decomposing numbers to 20. The kids did great last week with numbers to 10 so they should catch on to this quick. We will be using ten frames this week. Students should be able to use vocabulary like 10 and 4 is 14, or 14 is 10 and 4. We will also be subtracting and adding with a number line. Students should be able to say the 14 is 2 more than 12 by finding 12 on a number line and jumping two numbers more. We are exploring adding coins a bit as well as telling time to the hour. (just introducing this though)
Social Studies
We will be taking 5-10 minutes each day prior to recess to discuss social issues and talk about appropriate behavior towards one another at recess and always. Please continue this conversation at home.
There are a lot of new videos on my youtube channel from last week. (search lee edwards)
Mr. E
Sunday, May 12, 2013
May 13-17
Reading
We are reading Hide Clyde this week. It is a rhyming book about a chameleon. We will begin our study of animals this week that will continue for the moth of May.
Math
We will continue adding, subtracting, time, and coins.
Writing
We will be reviewing types of writing and other writing topics we went over tis year over the next few weeks.
Science
Animals, camouflage and habitats.
Check out the videos to see what we have been up to and see your child's play from last week.
Mr. E
We are reading Hide Clyde this week. It is a rhyming book about a chameleon. We will begin our study of animals this week that will continue for the moth of May.
Math
We will continue adding, subtracting, time, and coins.
Writing
We will be reviewing types of writing and other writing topics we went over tis year over the next few weeks.
Science
Animals, camouflage and habitats.
Check out the videos to see what we have been up to and see your child's play from last week.
Mr. E
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