U of M Meteorologists!

Meteorologists from U of M came to teach us about different weather instruments.

Hi, I hope your children are having a good couple of warm days off.  Here are the notes for the week:

School Photos
If you ordered a key chain or other specialty item from the school picture company I will send it home in backpacks this Wednesday, November 4th.  If there is any need for retakes, this Wednesday is also picture retake day.

Sharing Email Addresses
A couple of Room K-3 parents have approached me asking me for a class email list so they can propose meet-ups and playdates.  I think it is a great idea but wanted to get your permission first.  If you are okay with me sharing your email address with other Room K-3 parents please fill out this simple survey.

Homework
I began sending home math homework last week.  Most of the math homework I will send home are games or activities that reflect work we have done in class.  If the math homework ever asks for something to be turned in please know you have the week to work on it-—no rush. Thank you for those families who got that last assignment done so quickly, I do appreciate it.

This week I will also give your students a blue and clear baggie of home reading books. These are simple books that are matched to your child’s reading level.  Please help your child read these books to you as part of their daily homework.  The goal should be that your child reads the books for 5 to 10 minutes each night, 5 nights a week.  You should be there to help them read and they should point to the words as they read.  Bring the books back on Monday for a new set.

Curriculum Overview
Science Weather Project - We are preparing for our STEAM Expo!  This week students will build their own mini-anemometer and practice the different stations we will have for the expo.

Math - This week we will continue working with the number ten to see how it can be broken up (5+5=10, 7+3=10, etc).  We will also be learning and using the terms longer, shorter, longest, and shortest.

Literacy - We are reading fiction books discussing the characters, setting, problem, and resolution in each book.

Writing - Students are using pictures, letters, and words to write about the anemometers we are making.

Word Study - This week we are reviewing rhyme.

Last week we began building our own anemometer, a tool for measuring the wind.