**~The Pitzer Post~**

August 22-26, 2016

In this weekly post, you will find information about the academic content and special events happening in the upcoming week.

The reading and writing lotus diagram will give you a dashboard view of the next week’s Reading Theme skills
I will post a copy of the Math in Focus home letter from the chapter we’re learning, as well as other ways you can support your child. (Math test dates will be posted, but please be aware these can be subject to change based on our rate of learning and understanding.)
Our Second Step target skill for the week will be shared so you can check in with your child on how they are using that at home and school!
I will also include reminders of upcoming events that affect your child.
Finally, I’ll be sharing some photos of the week and reflecting on some celebrations as well!

I hope you find this to be valuable information as you communicate with your child about their week of learning!

Literacy (Reading & Writing)

Click the link to view our upcoming theme skills!
Theme 1 (week one)
Phonics Words: chart, graph, phone, thick, trash, hop, I, checkup, chef
Sight Words: our, hill, watch, sister, fun
Vocab Words: cabin, visit, memory
Grammar Skill: Simple Sentences

Math

We will begin Chapter 1: Numbers to 1,000.

Chapter 1: Place Value
Vocabulary: hundred, hundreds, thousand, standard form, word form, expanded form, greater than, less than, greatest, least, more than
Objectives:

Use base-ten blocks to recognize, read, and write numbers to 1,000
Count on by 1s, 10s, and 100’s to 1,000
Use base-ten blocks and a place value chart to read, write, and represent numbers to 1,000
Read and write numbers to 1,000 in standard form, expanded form, and word form
Use base-ten blocks to compare numbers
Compare numbers using greaten than and less than
Compare numbers using the symbols for greater than and less than
Order three-digit numbers
Identify the greatest and least number
Identify number patterns

This chapter will be the core of our math learning this year and will give us vital skills we that will come up again in future chapters. Please view the home letter to see our chapter objectives, as well as activities you can do to support your child at home!

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Second Step

Next week we will take our pre-assessment to see what skills we remember from last year.

Upcoming Events

Monday, August 22, 2016

Lunch: Chicken Patty
“cabin” vocab notecard comes home, due Tuesday

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Lunch: Nachos Grande
“visit” and “memory” notecards come home, due Wednesday

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Lunch: Cheese Omelet
PLCs Early Dismissal at 2:15pm
Asha in the Attic story comes home, due Thursday

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Lunch: Chicken Sticks
Phonics Words Practice Paper comes home, due Friday
Dunlap Days Family Night

Friday, August 28, 2015

Lunch: Cheese Pizza

Celebrating Our Greatness!

Earned a ton of Pitzer cash for our ROYAL behavior
Finalized our mission statement and classroom goals for the year. Check out on our Plan on the Page:
Laughing and giggling during our Royal Read Aloud. Sideways Stories from Wayside School is hysterical.
Seeing Mrs. Pitzer’s and our class reading log on Goodreads
- These logs can be accessed year round on the front page of the blog on the far right hand side
1^st Annual CUP CHALLENGE! Collaboration with our peers is vital to success.
Book Tasting: This was our chance to “taste” books in our classroom library and make a list of books we are excited to read this year complete with tablecloths on our tables.
2^nd grade is something to tweet about! Please be sure to follow us @PitzersLearners and check out some of our hashtags: #2Procks, #2Preads, #2Pwrites. #2Pmath, #2Pwonders, #dgsroyals
Royal Purple Pen! We use a purple pen to revise our stores and help our readers create images in their mind.
Reader Dudes: who we think about when we write. Great writers constantly think about their audience and purpose