I want to thank Mrs. Apter for a fantastic job she did working with the students while I was on personal leave the past two school days. It is nice to be back and I am looking forward to another busy week ahead working with your children.
REMINDERS:
* This Friday is a teacher workday and this means no school for the students
* Fall Festival dismissal and registration forms need to be returned by Monday, October 18th
* Scholastic Book Club orders are due this week
* Library books are due each Tuesday, which is our library check-out day
* Keep sending in those Cash for Trash items and Box Tops, which are programs designed to earn money for our school. Just a reminder that the contest for boxtops ends on Oct. 23. Thanks to all who have contributed so far. Well done!
Here is our week at a glance. The students will have their spelling and vocabulary quiz on Thursday, seeing they will not be at school on Friday.
Current Events: Monday - Lauren E, Gage; Tuesday - Hailey, Channing; Wednesday - Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday - Rylan, Zaynab
Language Arts
* Phonics - a/ai, ay
* Spelling - mailbox, highway, daytime, raindrop, crayon, chased, waist, brain, gaze, spray, our, before, because, eight, October
* Reading - Gus and Grandpa and the Two-Wheeled Bike by Claudia Mills (Realistic Fiction)
* Fluency - Good readers read questions and statements with the correct intonation, or rise and fall of their voice
* Comprehension - Making predictions and using prior knowledge
* Robust Vocabulary - rickety, rattling, prying, impatiently, romp, defeated, jubilant, master (v.)
* Grammar - Singular and plural nouns
* Writing Workshop - Getting ready to publish; Proofreading and editing
Mathematics - Unit 2
* Practice identifying missing numbers in number pairs that are generated by a rule, and determining the rule used to generate number pairs
* Counting strategies for subtraction
* Shortcuts for "harder" subtraction facts
* Review and progress check
Social Studies
* Introduction to South America
Science
* Mixing solids and liquids
* Seeds
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