It was so nice to see you all at our Celebration this past Friday. I felt so proud of the students and I could tell that they felt proud of themselves as they got up and shared their published pieces. I can already see how much the students' writing is developing and can't wait to see how much they grow as writer's this year.
On Tuesday I will send home a copy of the story for you to keep and treasure.
There is lots going on this week at school and here are a few reminders:
* Picture Retake is on Thursday, Oct. 28th. Students must return their photo package to have a re-take.
* Halloween/Fall Festival is on Friday, Oct. 29th, beginning with a parade. The Fall Festival will follow. We are asking parents to please sign your child out of the classroom when you are picking up your child's bag and costume and are leaving campus. I will be leaving a sign-out sheet posted in the classroom for you to sign out. Please note that there will also be a sign out sheet posted in the L.D quad.
* The students will watch a performance called Amber Brown is Not a Crayon in the Janet Root Theater on Oct. 28th.
* Dr. Epstein will bring Mr. Bones in to visit us on Thursday morning.
* Poetry in the Park is on Wednesday, Nov. 10th at 8:30am. Your child should be learning to memorize the poem that they will perform on this day called Be Careful What You Wish For by Arden Davidson. A copy was sent home last Monday.
* Our Second Grade performance will be on Friday, Nov. 19th at 8:30. Please join us for a great show!
Current Events: Tuesday - Hailey, Channing; Wednesday - Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday - Rylan, Zaynab; Friday - Lauren E, Gage
Language Arts
Phonics - long vowel o/oa, ow; compound words
Spelling - yellow, snowflake, sailboat carload, window, float, shadow, loaf, loaves, below, quite, special, believe, brought, impossible
Reading - Click, Clack, Moo:Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Vocabulary - brisk, strutted, gobbled, paced, request, negotiate, compromise, improve
Fluency - Expression
Comprehension - Plot and using story structure
Grammar - More Proper Nouns
Writing - Poetry
Mathematics - Unit 3
* Exploring numbers, time and geoboards
* Gather data, enter it in a table and draw a bar graph; demonstrate a strategy for finding the middle value in a data set
* Solve Frames-and-Arrows problems having two rules
Social Studies - South America
* Countries in South America
* Amazon Rainforest and rainforest animals
Science - Plants
* Plants make food; plants and light
We are continuing to watch our vegetable garden flourish. Come check it out next time you are at school.
We will also be doing some fun arts and crafts relating to fall and Halloween.
Have a fantastic week and I hope to see you on Friday at the fall festival.
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