Happy Friday Families.  We had a great day.  This morning we read a very funny story about A Very Cranky Bear who did not want to get out of bed. Some of the kids said they felt like this this morning as well.

After this we had quiet reading and I worked with a group of grade 2's for guided reading.  We are at the very beginning stages of literature circles.  Today we talked about writing down our questions as we are reading.  We also talked about what a morale/value is.

Today during Writer's Workshop many kids chose to write a story on a topic that was listed on our "We are Experts" poster.  Please ask your child what they chose to write about today.  Many of the grade ones are drawing a picture about something they are an expert on and then writing a sentence starting with "This is.....".

During math today the grade ones worked on representing numbers to 10 on the 10 frames.  We talked about a few double digit numbers including 11, 12 and 13.  The challenge was to figure out how to represent each double digit number using 2 ten frames.  The grade 2's worked on a game that helped them identify double digit numbers up to 100.  Please ask your child how to play this game.

After math we finished up our senses page in our visual journal and then it was time to go home.  What a quick morning.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Meet the Teacher Evening will be open to parents to book session on Wednesday, September 16th at 7pm. Please explain  in your blogs, that this evening is for teachers to introduce themselves and provide an overview of the  school year. The first 15 minutes parents are to meet in the gym then followed by meet the teacher and explore our school for 40 minutes.

September 21 is Pinwheels for Peace Day

All prizes for Entertainment books should be handed out by early next week.  Thank you for your continued support with this.

Have a wonderful weekend!