Friday, October 30, 2015

Thursday, October 29, 2015

October Pep Rally

Congratulations to our October Citizens of the Month!


Peek at the Week November 2-6


DATE
SPECIAL
HOMEWORK
Monday,
November 2
F Day
Library
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday,
November 3
No
School
No School
Wednesday,
November 4
A Day
Gym
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Writing: Blue & White Journals
Thursday,
November 5
B Day
Art & Music
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & Log your minutes
2.  Math:  Week #7
Friday
November 6
C Day
Gym
1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes
2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN
This week’s captain is Sonnet!

THANK YOU…
…for all the great book donations from the Book Fair!  The class is enjoying having new books in our library.

…for the treats for our Halloween movie party.  It was a very fun way to end our week!

MONTHLY MINUTES
 The monthly minutes homework calendar for October can be sent in this week.

ACADEMIC UPDATE
*Math Workshop:  We continue to work on our second unit which is on Geometry. 

*Word Work:  Each week we add 5 words to our class word wall.  These are our “no excuse” words which should be spelled correctly in our daily writing.  We find and highlight the words in our dictionaries as an extra reminder.

*Writing Workshop:  We will spend this week and next week finishing up our All About chapter books.  These are non-fiction books on topics we are experts in. 

*Reading Workshop:  We have been busy being “Word Detectives”.  Everyone has moved up to new reading levels and have been having fun ‘shopping’ for new books at our new 

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Monthly Minutes

It's almost the end of October. The monthly minute calendar for October can be sent in on Monday, November 2.

Halloween

Just a reminder that your child can wear their costume to school on Friday.  Please remember to leave the scary or dangerous (masks, weapons, etc) parts at home.


Third Grade Buddies

Mrs. Newkirk's third graders came to our class this morning. We made a ghost treat and then enjoyed hearing the third graders read some Halloween books. 


Thank You!

Thank you for the Book Fair donations! We have many new books for different levels and holidays and author studies.