Week of October 29

We are sure to have a fun and exciting week!! We have Character Dress-Up Day, Halloween, Early Release and a Field Trip. :) WOOHOO!!

We are skipping Fun Friday Snacks this Friday because of the busy Field Trip. However, we have a lot of empty dates listed... So please let us know if you'd like to sign up for a future date!!

We have Resources on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We know many students will be dressing up for the Character Dress-Up Day (we will too!! haha) but we'd like to remind you that we have P.E. on Wednesday. So make sure your child is wearing appropriate shoes. Also, if you plan on watching the Parade~ it should be starting promptly at 9:00A.M. And just in case you didn't have enough to worry about on Wednesday... it is also an Early Release Day!

FIELD TRIP NEWS: If you paid to Chaperone the field trip, please remember to bring a lunch for yourself! Also, wear a school shirt or school colors (blue and yellow) along with comfortable shoes. All Students will receive a Ziploc Baggie labeled with their number to put their lunch inside. We request that no soda or candy is packed inside the Ziploc Baggie.

MATH
This week we are finishing up our unit on numbers up to 10. This includes counting sets up to 10, writing numbers 0-10, and filling in missing numbers. We are reviewing on Wednesday and  taking our unit 3 assessment on Thursday. We have been practicing a lot and we have noticed that there are many students who need to practice more of missing numbers. Missing numbers means students need to be able to count on from a number to determine what comes next or before. Please make sure you are going over the 2nd Quarter expectations with your child and practicing. We are beginning testing for progress reports. 

WRITING

This quarter really focuses on the fundamentals of writing a sentence. We will discuss an uppercase letter at the beginning of the sentence, words, spaces in between the words and punctuation at the end. We are focused on writing sight words correctly and sounding out all unknown words. When sounding out the unknown words, please remember we use a "pretend cutting board" and a "pretend knife."

This week I chose the sentence We can ride a bus. When we write this sentence together, only the words: we, can & a will be spelled correctly. The words ride and bus will be sounded out and we will only write letters for the sounds the students hear. 

SAXON/READING SKILLS

We are focused on another vowel!! It is letter Ii. We are very focused on using our sounds to figure out words and matching them to pictures. Make sure to review Saxon that is sent home so that your child becomes very comfortable with their sounds. We also discuss the beginning initial sound of words. **This is a test taken this quarter. Please make sure your child understands the vocabulary and that it means the first sound they hear.

Our Sight Words for the week are down, is, my & in. Make sure to practice Sight Words~ the expectation this quarter is 40 words!!!

READING
Our book this week is Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell. We will focus on the stages of growing a pumpkin and making connections with carving our open pumpkins. On Wednesday we have a pumpkin craft and the students will all receive a pumpkin surprise that we made!!
Due to the field trip on Friday, we will not have time to glue the stages of the pumpkin in order. So we will be sending that paper home. If your child has trouble remembering the stages, please have them watch the video again for the book.