Family Reading Event on October 31st

To celebrate a good behavior milestone we had a 'Spark Party' where students made and flew paper airplanes. We will earn other 'Spark Parties'
throughout the year where students will get to do things like: make bracelets, bounce bouncy balls, or bring in stuffed animals to school.

October 31st Family Reading Event
I am working with our room parent to put together a fun reading event in class on the afternoon of the 31st, around 2:30 PM.  More details to come.

Another Half Day For Students Coming Up
Wednesday, October 24th, will be a half-day for students.  Students will be dismissed early at 12:52 PM.  We will still have lunch at school.  The buses will run like they do on a normal school day just earlier.  Aftercare, will not be in session.

Parent/Teacher Conferences
Over email I sent out a sign up for late October Parent/Teacher conferences. Please sign up. if you can't find the time you need, no problem, just email me.

Curriculum Overview
Science - We are working on a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) module on structure and function.  Last week we read The Three Little Pigs and students began building houses that can withstand wind.  Towards the end of this week students will begin to imagine and build a unique kind of paintbrush that serves a specific function--more information to come over SeeSaw.

Reading - This week students will begin identifying the characters in fiction books.  Ask your kids about A Letter To Amy.

Writing - We will be doing some writing around our Project Lead The Way unit on structure and function. 

Math - At the beginning of the week we will study hexagons.  Later in the week we will make some simple graphs showing data about ourselves (like our birth months) and our classroom.

Word Study - This week we will study the spelling of our names and look for similarities in our names like matching beginning sounds and spelling patterns.  We will also begin sorting word pictures into different categories.

We have been reading simple books with patterned text.  We are practicing pointing to words as we read them.

I often have students read together in partners.