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Nicole Rozboril
The Rozboril Rocket
September 30, 2011
Let me apologize first and foremost if there was any confusion about the new tardy policy. I was under the impression that all three teachers were going to send out their explanation of the tardy policy and did not. I also want to say that my explanation was a little off and we will be going by the policy of the school just changing the it from detention to writing words. This way like I said last week there will be no detention for the little ones, but also they will be getting more practice on their words. I hope that the note that was sent home with progress reports was more helpful. I am also apologizing for the lateness of my newsletter appearing online. I have been suffering from a severe head cold and have been on the couch with my head feeling like its being squashed.
In reading we have started and almost finished the story Ants. It is a nice story about what ants do and shows real pictures of them in their habitat. We have been doing some worksheets from the story that have to do with writing complete sentences. That is the core of what we start when writing. It is all about uppercase letter to start and periods at the end.
Our predictable chart this week was about what I can do. Each student gets to tell me about something special that they can do. Most of them were things that they love to do. I love these because not only do they get to think about what they can do, but they're writing in the process.
In religion this week we have been concentrating on how unique and special we are. God made us all the way we are for a reason and we are learning to accept everyone for those special differences. We discussed if every one were the same then we would all be very bored with everything. God made us different so that we can learn from each other and to find the beauty of his creation. I just really love this talk because we all really need to see that God not only made all of us, but that we are beautiful. I even got out mirrors so that each student could look at themselves and to see how wonderfully unique they are.
In math we been working on subtraction and it has been giving them a problem because they want to add instead of subtract. We are working on the same concepts we did in chapters 1 and 2 with adding. The only difference is learning to apply those same concepts to subtraction instead of addition. We will be starting out next chapter soon and we will continue on with subtraction. We are doing well and I hope they're practicing math facts at home. They do practice not only in class, but before we go to lunch they have to answer my math facts before we can get in line. They like it and it helps to remember.
In social studies we have been learning and having some fun with Johnny Appleseed. We started a fun video about him and this week we will be finishing that.
I am wondering if I can ask you all a favor. Since we are having a problem with the dolch word lists I am thinking for extra practice I can have them make flash cards of each word. When we are done with this I will pull sticks and put them into groups so they can practice together. I only ask that you send your child in with index cards so that they can write each word on them. I am thinking that if we do this and I practice flashcard drills as well as in groups we can get these words down pat soon. I hope that it is not too much to ask I would think that one pack would be enough for now for each student. Let me know what you think. I only want them to learn better and maybe having them practice with another student instead of with me they will have a little fun while learning to.
I have a few reminders for all of you. We will be going to be having our first book fair of the year soon and this week we will be previewing all the books. I will be going around with them and writing down the first five that they want and will be sending it home with them. This way like last year you can pick out or circle the ones that they want. When you pick them out you can either send the money in with them or I can pull them aside and you can come in before or after school to purchase the books. Thanks so much for your support and I hope you had a wonderful weekend.
God bless all of you,
Mrs. Rozboril