Week of 9/14

Sight Word: a

Word Study: beginning sounds: m,s,b,r

Blue Book: Week 3 (I am most likely a week ahead! Don't panic! Please go at a pace that best fits your child's needs! This is just for reference).

Field Trip

Our Field Trip is this Friday, September 18. All students will be coming to school in the morning. If you are a p.m. parent, check with your neighbors to see what time the bus comes by in the morning or drop them off at school by 8:55.  If you are an a.m. parent, check to see what time the bus comes by your neighborhood for the afternoon drop off. If you are picking your child up after the field trip, don't forget pick up time is at 2:00. 

Please remember to pack a fully disposable brown bag lunch. We will not be able to save any reusable containers or water bottles. 

Mindset

The staff at Aurora City Schools have read a book called Mindset by Carol Dweck.  In this book, we learned about the importance of building a growth mindset in our students.  People with a growth mindset believe that basic abilities (intelligence for example) can be developed through dedication and hard work.  This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.  In a fixed mindset, people believe that intelligence and talent are fixed traits.  They believe that talent alone creates success without effort.

This year, we will be focused on encouraging a growth mindset because it creates motivation and productivity.  It teaches children to welcome challenges, to persevere and accomplish things they may never have believed they could do!  We are teaching them that mistakes are ok, because we learn from them!  We are teaching them that they may not be good at something YET, but they will be, with hard work and effort!

Look for a handout in your child's folder! Please contact me if you have any questions or are interested in learning more about Mindset.  I am even willing to loan you our book!  It is a great read!