1. Mrs. Kline’s Column Our Weekly Specials : Our Academic Agenda
Monday: 10/8 – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: 10/9 – Tech. Lab (Books)
Wednesday: 10/10 – P.E. (Sneakers)
Thursday: 10/11 – Music
Friday: 10/12 – Library (Books)
Mrs. Kline’s Column
October
2018
Things to Note…
Please look over the Homework Practice Log for what is strongly encouraged to be focused on at home this week and sign the log to acknowledge you have seen it. Return this on the last day of the week.
Please keep math fact flash cards at home. Additional cards will come home throughout the year. Please check the home practice log to see when new cards are on the way!
Great job wearing sneakers to school for P.E./Health!
Be sure to check dates for Library/Technology to return books.
All Fundations Unit Packets are to be kept at home for continued practice, even after a unit is completed. Skills spiral back through multiple units.
Dates to Remember/
News/Upcoming Events
The nurse will be conducting vision/hearing/growth screenings this week! If your child is supposed to wear glasses, please be sure to send them to school each day. This will help the nurse find accurate results! 
Monday 10/8 – No School
Friday 10/12 – 2:30 Early Dismissal and EXETER PRIDE DAY! SPORT YOUR GEAR!
Mrs. Kline’s Contact Information
Ext. 4118
Language Arts:
Phonics Focus – This week we will begin unit 3 of Fundations! Students will be learning about “digraphs” which are groups of letters that ‘stick together’ and make just 1 sound. Examples are /wh/, /ch/, /sh/, /th/, and /ck/. New trick words are continuing to be introduced; please remember that these words are not sounded out, but rather remembered as if by sight.
Trick words for this week: as, has, to, into.
Writing Focus – This week students will complete their writing about what they want to be when they grow up and also begin writing about what they like to do with their friends. We are remaining focused on capitalizing letters at the beginning of sentences, placing periods at the end, rereading their writing to check to see that it makes sense, and relating illustrations to their writing as best they can.
Literature Connection: When I Was Five by Arthur Howard
Math: This week students will continue working on representing and solving problems involving subtraction. We will subtract one number from another with initial amounts up to 12. We will use standard notation (- and =) to represent subtraction situations and subtract 1 or 2 from numbers up to 10. Students will notice that the difference between the same two numbers is the same amount regardless of context. We will also practice the rote counting sequence, forward and backward, starting from any number (1 to 30).
Our Academic Agenda