Welcome to Mrs. Kutsch's Class!

I am looking forward to a very fun and exciting school year with your child.  On our class web page you will find weekly updates on what we are doing in the classroom.  You will also find a calendar and links at the bottom of the page that you and your child may find helpful.  Once school begins, I will be updating the page every Thursday and this will be used as our class newsletter.  For now, I have listed our curriculum and some information on what we will be covering at the beginning of the year.

  On the webpage, you will see two icons in the shape of envelopes at the top.  One says Email me and the other says Be notified.  You may click the email me and contact me directly.  Please click the Be notified icon and fill out the information.  This will allow you to receive email alerts on when our classpage has been updated!  A great time saver too!

Reading:  Continue to read, read, read!  Fifteen minutes of daily reading can bring so many benefits! Change it up a little!  Have your child read aloud or share in the reading.  Make sure you vary the genres that your child is reading too.  Have they read any fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biographies, or mysteries?   Most importantly, have your child read something that interests them and is at their reading level.  If you are unsure, use the five finger rule.  Have them turn to a page in the book and have your child read a page.  If he/she can read the selection without coming across five words that they do not know, then this should be suitable.

This week we have read two books by Kevin Henkey, a local author.  We read "Chrysnthemum," and "Lily's Purple Plastic Purse."  Ask your child what was the problem in the story?  How was the problem solved? 

Writing: We will be doing a lot of writing this year using the six traits.  Your child will also be keeping a journal for daily prompts.

 This week we started our first journal entry. We learned how important it is to add details to our writing. 

Grammar:  We will be using the DLR's or Daily Language Review, weekly.  We also  have a separate Grammar workbook that we will be using. 

We will be starting this next week.

Phonics:  We will begin the year with a review of short and long vowel sounds as well as blends.

We started working in our Phonics books with a review on consonant sounds at the beginning and end of words.

Math:  Our first unit has five main areas of focus.  1. Review of number patterns, number sequences, number girds, and number lines, 2.  Review of months, weeks, days, and telling time, 3.  Practice addition facts, 4. To give equivalent names for numbers and 5. to compare numbers using greater, less than, and equal to. 

 This week we started our Math Journals.  We worked on filling in numbers on a number line and counted different amounts of coins.  We will take one more day to review counting  coins.

Religion:  We will take the first week to focus on prayers and mass.  We will also be working on a Bible Verse booklet that we will be contributing to throughout the year.

Our first Bible verse was, "Let the little children come to me." We also talked about the parts of the Bible and the books in the Gospel.

Science:  We will be switching classes for Science.  Mrs. Ferlindes will be your child's teacher. 

We will be starting science next week.

Social Studies:  I will be teaching Social Studies for both classes.  Our first unit will be about People and Places. 

We will also be starting social studies next week. 

Technology:  Besides visiting the computer lab twice a week, we will also be sharing the Smart Board with Mrs. Ferlindes! 

 This week we played a game of Jeopardy using the Smart Board.  The game helped us review our short and long vowel sounds.

September 6th

Labor day -  No School