September Newsletter Official Copy

Lashon Academy
Adventurer

September 2015

Important dates from our school office:

Sept 3 - 8:30 – 9:00 am - Coffee with the principal followed by a brief
volunteer meeting.
Please RSVP at:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084ba4a92da5ff2-coffee
Sept 4 – No School
September 7 – No School
September 9 – Back to School Night 7-8:30 pm
September 14, 15 – No School
September 23 – No School
September 24 – 8:30 PTO Mtg.
September 28, 29 – No School

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See what each
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TK/Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade

Kindergarten will be In reader’s workshop, first The third grade
focusing on a variety of students are jumping
wonderful subject grade will be learning Writer's Workshop: Our right into learning! We
material and curriculum. have a fun-filled
So far, we have started good reading habits, such writers will be diving academic month ahead
with our letter and sound of us. In math we will
recognition and as reading the entire page deeper into the Narrative be learning a great deal
correspondence. We have about place value,
also launched our in a story and looking at writing unit, by discovering rounding, addition and
wonderful Reading and subtraction. In reading
Writing workshop the pictures to gather all small moment stories from we will be focusing on
program where the of the information building a powerful
students have been their lives. We will be reading life, and in
exploring nonfiction books presented. In writer’s writing we will be
and learning how to read learning the craft from focusing on writing
the pictures to gain workshop, we will be narratives. We will also
information. In math, the some of our favorite be starting our
students are counting the learning different ways to authors, learning to enrich enrichment classes,
numbers 1-5 and will be write a story, and which include
focusing on the numbers enhancing their writing. In and enhance our writing. computer, character
6-10. In our science and mathematics, we will be Math: Students will be education, physical
social studies curriculum, learning to add, subtract, learning addition and education, and voice.
the students have already separate and put together subtraction strategies, the We look forward to an
had the opportunity to exciting month.
walk out and explore numbers within twenty concept of addition and
nature around the school. subtraction, as well as how 2
They also learned about through various
the national symbols of educational strategies. We it applies to our daily lives.
Israel and the United Reader's Workshop: Our
States of America. will also be using
readers will become
Microsoft Word in

computers and learning all stronger readers by

about plants in science! increasing our reading

Students will learn how to volume, and studying

be respectful citizens author craft and purpose

within the community of books.

during weekly Character

Education lessons and

activities. We look forward

to a fun and academic

month!

Hebrew Year 1
We have had a great start to the year. Students came to school
ready and enthusiastic to learn a new language. Students have
learned how to greet their friends and say good morning.
Through physical movements and dance, students are learning
body parts such as head, arms, legs, stomach, eyes, ears and
other parts of the body. Singing songs is a daily part of each
lesson and students learn a lot of new vocabulary through acting
out their favorite songs. Throughout the unit, students will be
learning basic vocabulary and language structures that will allow
them to communicate information about their daily lives and
surroundings. These include colors, numbers, feelings (happy,
sad, angry, tired, and others), clothing and weather. Teachers
read authentic Israeli picture books with rich language and
illustrations to help students learn new vocabulary and relate to
their new language.

Hebrew Year 2
We started off the year refreshing what students learned last
year. Students had the chance to read and write their name and
use basic vocabulary and language structures to introduce
themselves to the class. Then we transitioned into our first unit,
“Night and Evening Routines at Home.” Students will be learning
how to describe what they do in the evening and at night at home
and compare their routines to their classmates. Using new and
learned language and vocabulary, students will describe their
dreams orally and in writing. Teachers will begin teaching
reading, including decoding skills and comprehension. A variety of
songs, lullaby’s, texts and videos will serve as inspiration for
discussion and writing. Throughout the unit students will use
vocabulary learned in year 1 and widen their knowledge of basic
language such as food, weather, colors, numbers, rooms in the
house and objects in the house and clothing.

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Throwback pictures! Can you guess your child’s
teacher?

Options:
Ms. LaFee
Ms. Ouellet
Mr. Word
Mrs. Kurkjian
Ms. Lee
Ms. Snyder
Ms. Jasmine
Mrs. Tabachnick
Ms. Hernandez

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