The week of October 25

Fall is definitely here!  I love all of the colorful leaves and pumpkins!

Friday is our Halloween activities! The kids have been counting down to Halloween! Luckily the weather shows no rain as of today! But, it will be cool, so wearing a warm sweatshirt under the costume, may be wise for the parade and recess. The Halloween parade will be at 9:00. We will be walking outside around the building. We will begin out the first/second grade hall doors and head north toward the side of the building. Please find the map on the Smore.   Your child may wear their costume all day if it is comfortable.  They can also wear it over their clothes and take if off.  Please no make-up or weapons.  Masks may be worn if he/she can see easily.  

Phonics! Look for your child's Fluency Check sheet over the short vowels: a, i, o, u  is in their folder today.  Reminder:  the green box for accuracy is checked if the word is sounded out correctly.  The blue box for automatic fluency is checked if your child can read the work without sounding it out.  Have your child read the words at home, so you can hear how they are doing too!

Unit 5 began today over short e.  I know how busy you are in the evenings, but having your child practice reading the words on the phonics pages that come home will give them practice with decoding words on their level.  The more your child reads, the more fluent he/she will get!

Consonant Digraphs--We are learning about consonant digraphs in reading.  Ch, sh, th, wh, ph when at the beginning and end of sentences.  Try not to tell them what these are when reading with them.  See if they can remember them on their own by using the actions we've learned.

Science/ELA-This week we are learning more about the moon, the phases of the moon and about the moon, sun, and earth relationships.  Each day we are looking at the phases of the moon on my moon app and filling out our moon calendar.  

Math-This week we are counting by 2's learning about doubles and using the doubles to solve addition near doubles such as; 5 + 5 and 5 + 6, 6 + 6 and 6 + 7.  It will be a new strategy we will use to solve problems with answers up to 20.

Coming up!

Oct. 27.   Tye Die/Neon Day

Oct. 29.   Halloween parade and activities in classroom

Nov. 1.   PJ Day for fun after Halloween night!

Nov. 4.     Picture retakes

Nov. 10.   Late start day--10:30 arrival

Nov. 12.   CCE Spirit Wear Day

Nov. 20.    Winter Wonderland--9-noon

Nov. 24-26.  Thanksgiving Break