Ms.
Glidewells If you have not sent your enrichment check in
Class
September 18th-
September 22nd 2017
Dear Parents,
This week in Readers Workshop,
we will read, Whose Baby Am I? To increase
reading comprehension we will look at
these TEKS:
Recognize Text Structure (Point out that the words
in many stories follow a certain pattern. Paying
attention to how a book is organized can help
them to understand it) Make predictions (Trying
to figure out what will come next in a story can
help us understand it better) Literary Element
Rhyme( Words that sound the same at the end)
and Repetition (When the same words or lines are
said throughout the poem)
This week in Writers Workshop we are
learning about personal narratives. In Math
are working on counting objects to 20. We
will play some new games to work on
counting and comparing numbers. In Social
Studies we will be learning about
Relationships, Families and Family Rules. In
Science, we will continue our study our
study of Properties of Matter and conduct a
few experiments!
Family Photo
Please send a picture of your family for your child
to talk about and hang up in our classroom if you
have not sent one!
Author Visit
Mac Barnett will be at Gullett on Wednesday,
Sept. 20th. He will be visiting PK-2nd grade. Order
forms went home last week to purchase an
autographed copy of one of his book.
Lunch Accounts
The website to set up a lunch account was wrong
in the Back To School Night packet. It is called
schoolcafe.com
Enrichment Fees
please send it A.S.A.P. We are sending in deposits
for field trips and need money in the account.
$44 payable to Gullett
Ways you can support your childs learning
at
home:
Have your child read to someone each
night for 10-15 min.
Have your child practice writing his/her
name and the letters of the alphabet. If
your child is ready he/she may practice
writing simple sentences
Play a word wall word game
Practice opening lunch containers
and putting straws in juice boxes.
Assessments to reinforce at home this nine weeks:
Identify at least 20 letter names
Identify at least 10 letter sounds
Write first name
Dictate or write ideas on paper using labels or simple
sentences
Identify numerals to 5
Identify shapes
Identify and sort by 1 or more attributes
Generate a set using concrete or pictorial models
These skills are for a 2 grade (basic understanding)
The expectations are higher for a grade of a 3 and
4.
We will learn three words a week. The words are taught in
the order they appear on this list. All 86 word wall words
will be sent home on a list at Back to School night. There
are games to practice the words on the back of the word
wall list. We also play games every day to learn to read our
word wall words.
Word Wall Words: I, the, we, like, a, see, go, to, have, is,
play, are, for, this, do, and, what, you ,little, said, here,
was, she, he, has ,look, with, my, me, where, when, who, at,
how, up, can , it, fun, as, did, will, am, in, boy, girl, yes, no ,if,
mom, dad, love, or, but, went, get, had, want, not, on, us,
that, him, her, they, could, some, one, two, three ,four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, red, yellow, blue ,green, orange,
purple, black, white, brown
Looking forward to a great week!
Sincerely, Sherry Glidewell
Email: sherry.glidewell@austinisd.org
(512) 841-0326