The start of another fantastic year at East

Welcome back to East Elementary and welcome to my new followers.  What a busy week we had last week with learning new routines practicing some old ones.  It was great to see so many familiar faces. This week we have another busy week, getting right into the nitty gritty.

Agenda:

Again this year there will be an agenda message every day.  It is expected the students take their agenda home and show it to their parents/guardians.  I would like their agendas signed every night.  Inside their Kanga Pouches will also be any important information that needs to be looked at.


Odds and Ends:

This week, I will be sending home book orders.  They are due on Friday, September 12th, if you would like to receive your books by the end of the month.  All the paperwork for online access to hot lunch and milk orders will also be going home, as well as all the papers about your children that need to be filled out.  These need to be returned as soon as possible.  Last week I also sent home a green introduction letter.  On the back was some information that I wanted filled out.  If you have not returned this yet, if you could do so that would be great.

Language Arts

Spelling:

Our spelling words for this week (Sept 8-12) are as follows:
fox  cut  hill  wind (short i- as in a windy day outside)  put  all  moon  saw  tell  new

Phonics:

We began our phonics program last week and in the first unit we are looking at beginning and ending consonant sounds.  We will be finishing up this unit this week.

Writing:

The first unit we are looking at is comparing narrative writing to informative writing.  We have been looking at stories that are related to going back to school and looking at what make them narrative or informative stories.  We will be learning how to write in both of these styles before the end of the unit.

Math

Our first unit in math is a review of single digit addition.  We are remembering strategies and using them to help us solve addition equations

Science

We have started our first unit about magnetism.  We have been exploring what magnets will "stick" to and why.  We are also learning about types of magnets.  As we continue in this unit we will be doing various experiments involving magnets and how they function.

Social Studies

Our first unit in social is a review of mapping skills and knowing where to find our country/province/city on a map, as well as locating directions using a compass rose.


I am really looking forward to this school year.  I have a great group of students and couldn't be happier to be back at East Elementary. Have a wonderful week everyone.

Mr. Aasen