Hello and I hope you all had a wonderful three day weekend. Wasn't the weather beautiful. I had a chance to visit the Dakin Dairy in Myakka City, which was a wonderful experience. I would recommend a visit with your children. You can learn more on their website: www.DakinDairyFarms.com
A busy week ahead with the Scholastic Book Fair, Poetry in the Park and rehearsals for our Second Grade Show. The students should come to school on Friday dressed in their colorful, fun clothes for our performance and it might be a good idea to bring along a change of shoes (if needed to wear for the remainder of the school day).
The 2011 Shorecrest Scholastic Book Fair is in full swing. The Fair begins today, Nov. 8 to Friday, Nov. 11, from 8am-4pm with extended shopping hours on Wednesday until 5:30pm.There you will find a wide variety of books for all ages, exclusive paperbacks editions of many new, popular titles, and grant your teacher's "wish" for their classroom library. Also, what is important is that purchases help raise funds for the Shorecrest library.
Today the students got to browse the book fair and make their own "Wish List", which they are bringing home today.
Poetry in the Park is this Friday, November 4th at 8:30am. Please bring a towel, deckchair or blanket to sit on. It is a fun time watching the students get up and recite poetry. Come join us for a wonderful morning.
Seussical the Musical will be performing in the JRT on Saturday, November 12. Tickets are being sold at the box office.
The Holiday Gift Drive will take place on November 28-December 9. A container will be placed in the classroom to collect holiday gifts. On Friday, December 9th the students will carry the gifts to the gym to be sorted by family. You will be receiving a gift list shortly.
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates will be performing on Tuesday, December 6th at 1:00 for grade 1-4 in the JRT.
Curent Events: Tuesday: John, Gabby; Wednesday: Lucy, Connor; Thursday: Quentin, Skyler; Friday: Lucile, Ethan
Here is what else is going on in class this week. Please continue practicing the math facts with your child for quick accuracy and recall. Have a nice week.
Language Arts
* Phonics: e, ey and y
* Spelling: speedy, chimney, keyhole, money, valley, breezy, twenty, nobody, donkey, hungry, together, does, snow, grade, view
* Vocabulary: bargain, spoiled, exchange, savings
* Reading: A Chair for My Mother by Vera B Williams
* Reading Workshop: Fluency: Good readers pay attention to punctuation. They pause when they come to a comma, a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark. Comprehension: Author's purpose
* Grammar: Abbreviations
* Writing Workshop: Poetry
Mathematics: Unit 3
* Making change by counting up
* Coin Exchanges
* Review Unit 3 for next week's quiz
Social Studies
* Rehearsal for our Second Grade show (A Small Part of the World)
* Touring South America using Google Earth
Science - Changes
* Separating mixtures (continued from last week's science)
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