Our greeting this week is Konnichiwa, which is the translation of hello from Japan. Fall is definitely in the air and this weather is just beautiful.
Picture re-take Day will take place on Tuesday, October 23rd. Students must return their photo package to have a retake. Students who were absent on Picture Day need to have their picture taken on this day.
The Halloween Parade and Fall Festival will take place on Wednesday, October 31. Fall Festival will follow after the parade and we are asking that parents sign out their child in the classroom for Fall Festival. I will have a sign-out sheet posted in class for you to sign your child out for the day.
The Book Fair will take place the week of November 5 in the Student Center. More details will be coming about this event.
Poetry in the Park will be on Thursday, November 8th at 8:30am. Please plan on coming to this annual event. You are in for a treat. Your child has a copy of The Spider and the Fly poem in their Take Home Folder. Please help them memorize their part.
Ident-a-kid will be here on Wednesday, January 23 and the Whole School Picture taken on Tuesday, January 29th.
Rosetta Lee will be presenting at 6:30 on November 8. SPA is sponsoring this event. Ms. Lee will be talking about identity formation.
School will be closed November 9th. It is a Professional Development Day.
Please keep Dawn Weinman and her family in your prayers and thoughts. Dawn (assistant head of Lower Division and Curriculum Dean) is in a critical condition in St Anthony's Hospital.
Kristin Leary will be our Parent Reader this Friday. This week is Open Week for Current Events. If your child has an article that they would like to share, please have them bring this in to share.
Here is what else is going on in our classroom.
Literacy
* Phonics - long o sound; ow, oa
* Spelling - yellow, snowflake, sailboat, window, carload, plus five high frequency words
* Vocabulary - brave, preparations, spectator, compete
* Story of the Week - Koala Lou by Mem Fox
* Reading Workshop - Readers can retell stories across their fingers using transition words such as first, then, next, after that, and finally; Readers help themselves when they get stuck retelling by using strategies - touch a page and retell the big thing that is happening on each page; use the illustrations to remind themselves about what is happening in the story; skim the text; Readers make predictions by using the picture in their minds
* Writing Workshop - Introduction to Poetry
* Handwriting - Uu - down, travel up and back down; Ii - down and the dot comes second; Ee - start, hit the ball, run the bases and stop
* Grammar - Statements
Mathematics - Unit 2
* Review and progress check for Unit 2
* Unit 3 - Place Value, Money and Time - Review place value in 2-digit and 3-digit numbers
Social Studies - Antarctica
* The students and I will continue communicating with Ms. Ameilia in Antarctica. Last week we emailed Ms. Ameilia our questions and this week we will read her reply. I will post her answers on next week's blog
* The students will continue to gather facts about Antarctica in the hope of creating a A to Z book for our reading buddies. We will also look at glaciers and icebergs and make our own.
Science - Changes
Last week the students created a mixture of two solids. Building on their experience with mixing solids, whose parts are easily distinguishable, students now explore mixtures of a solid and a liquid. After observing three solids - gravel, toilet tissue, and kosher salt - and mixing each one with water, students discuss the changes they observe. As students compare the three mixtures, they conclude that although gravel does not change when mixed with water, tissue changes in texture and appearance, while salt disappears altogether.
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