October 15-19

Hello families,

Monday is our field trip to the Dairy Queen, Library and Police Station.
We will depart from school at 1:15. Chaperones will walk with us to the Library, Dairy Queen and to the Police station. Students need to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. We hope to have a dry day to walk, but a light weight sweatshirt or jacket is a good idea!

This week in reading, we are looking closely at books to find out how the author used craft moves to make the whole story "click." We will notice how the author used repeating phrases, dialogue and strong picture support. We have been discussing the author's purpose. Sometimes the purpose is to inform, entertain or to persuade us think about something in a new way. We will read the book Little House  to help us notice these things!

In writing, we are continuing to work on making our small moments stories better. We will revise with a partner, asking questions and suggesting ideas to help.  We will read the book The Leaving Morning  to help us notice craft moves. We will work on re-reading our writing to fix up spelling, add punctuation and add "juicy words" to help the reader visual our stories.

In math, we have begun Unit 2. We will focus on addition in this unit. We began with working on adding and counting money by $1, $10 and $100. We played the exchange game.  Expect to see a homelink and Tuesday and Thursday this week. I have checked the Unit one assessments. Please go over the test with your child, sign the first page and return the test. The last page did not count toward the final score.

In Social Studies, have just begun looking at maps. We talked about symbols on a map key/legend. We will learn how to make a compass rose. We will work on making a map of the classroom together. We will also use the book Little House to learn Urban, Suburban and Rural communities. Have your child practice their address and phone number.
We will begin making community circles to see how we are part of a home, city/town, state, country and the world!

In spelling this week, we are continuing to work on using silent e to make the long vowel sound. We will work on long i. We will practice stretching and writing words with long i (cvce pattern).
We will sort pictures to hear long i. 

Looking ahead -
October 26 - Trunk or treat - after school event
Oct. 31 - Halloween Parade 10:30 a.m. with Halloween party to follow.

Thank you,
Mrs. Scheck