Week 10

Reminders and News:

·         I forgot to send the poetry folders home on Friday. I will send them home on Monday so that you may sing the –et word family song with your child. Please have your child read/sing the poems in the poetry folder this and return the folder on Wednesday.  

·         Please continue to work on the sight words with your child at home. I will test students on Fridays each week. I send new lists home on Friday when your child has mastered a list, so check your student’s backpack!

·         Remember, library day is Tuesday. Please have your child bring their library book back to school Tuesday morning. Otherwise, they will not be able to check out a new book until the following Tuesday

·         This Wednesday is early dismissal. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 12:15.  There is no after-school care.

·         Field Day is this Friday from 8:30-11:30. Please have your child wear their class t-shirt (Tie-dye Ms. Bowman’s class) and athletic pants and shoes. If it is chilly that day, please send your student in long pants and a long sleeve shirt underneath the class shirt. Parents are invited to come cheer on their children, but they must sign in and receive a badge from the Reception Desk.

Here is a peak at what we will be focusing on this week:

Language Arts

•  We will learn a poem called “Autumn”. Students will find the rhyming words in the poem.

Writing

·         Drawing even hard to make ideas- What should students do if they make a mistake in their drawing? What are ways they can draw things that may be difficult for them?

·         Using both pictures and words like famous Authors. We will compare what different Authors do in their writing. We will look at Donald Crews and Kevin Henkes books to compare how they are different.

·         We will continue to practice stretching and writing words.

·         We will write about the student of the week.

 

Math

·         What is a number story? What helps you understand a number story? Students will be introduced to addition and subtraction number stories.

·         What does the word ‘symmetry’ mean? Students will be introduced to symmetry.

·         Where can we find symmetry in the world around us? Student will develop an understanding of symmetry by looking for symmetry in natural objects.

·         Students will also create Halloween themed patterns.

·         We will revisit ten frames

 

IB-Where We are in Place and Time

·         The students will understand how people learn about themselves through family customs and traditions. Students will study traditions, how the traditions are celebrated, and if there is a special symbol for the tradition.

·         Students will learn about the American Holiday: 4^th of July. We will discuss the symbols associated with the holiday:  Flag, fireworks, eagle

·         We will discuss what traditions we share as an American culture such as Birthdays, 4^th of July, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Valentine’s Day

·         We will create a chart with all the traditions we have been learning about from the students Traditions project.