Newsletter Updates for the Week of October 17th

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-October 21st-31st—Book Fair

              -Monday, October 24th—We Shop

              -Friday, October 28th—We Return to Buy

-Monday, October 31st

              -Bat Presentation in the morning

              -Parade & Party in the afternoon

-Tuesday, November 1st—No School—PD

-Friday, November 4th—Report Cards Home

-Thurs. Nov. 10th—1/2 Day/Parent Teacher Conferences

-Friday, November 11th—Half Day

READING:

This week our class will be focusing on the tools people use every day to help them work, play, cook, and do their chores. Children will also be reading about tools such as utensils to eat, a calculator to add, and a shovel to dig holes.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

· Vocabulary—tool & discover—Invite your child to hunt for different kinds of tools and tell what each one is used for. Make a list of the tools and read it together when you’re done.

· Sightword—a—Write simple sentences and leave a blank in each sentence to represent the word a. Have your child write the word a in the blanks. Then read each sentence together.

· Category Words—Colors

· Phonics—Letter Pp—Invite your child to hunt for household objects that begin or end with the letter p. Write each word on a sticky note and have your child circle the p.

WRITING: 

This week we will continue to practice sketching and labeling small moment stories as we learn several strategies for spelling words. We will also be learning about verbs and incorporate 'action words' into or writing.  The students will complete a Type 3 about a Jack-o-Lantern and self assess using a rubric.  We will also be creating a sequencing booklet about how a pumpkin grows, which will have several of our sightwords in it.

MATH:

This week we will focus on different strategies to solve number stories. We will also create a graph using pattern blocks and practice interpreting the data.  We will also play a 'spill the beans' game where students will determine different combinations to make 10—8+2, 5+5, etc.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: 

This week we will read several narrative and informational stories related to  pumpkins as we get ready for Halloween.  The students will learn the lifecycle of a pumpkin and how it grows.

Picture retakes will be on Tuesday, October 25th.  

If you would like your child’s picture retaken, please send in their package and let me know so I know to send them down:)