NEWSLETTER 10-10-19

Hi! What an exciting week! We learned about fire safety from Firefighter Pete on Wednesday. We finished the book series, PIXIE TRICKS, on Wednesday. We made fairy houses on Thursday. We also had two Guess Boxes! We learned about the artist, Edvard Munch, and his painting, ​THE SCREAM​. We made our own versions of his painting. We will be starting a science unit on Sound and Light next week. We will also be doing a small study on Pumpkins.

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS

We started writing our own version of PIXIE TRICKS. We also wrote about the life cycle of our butterflies.
As books come home, shorter books are supposed to be read in entirety. I will usually tell the kids on longer books to pick their favorite page or chapter to share or take turns. You can believe them :)! We’re all at different stages in our reading so I go by each individual. I like you to see the books your child reads that is why I still send the longer ones home. It’s also a good quick fluency practice.

MATH

We worked with number stories to practice addition and subtraction facts. Children are encouraged to count up to find the difference. We are also using double facts to help us solve other addition problems. If you know 5+5=10 then 5+6= one more than ten.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

• ●  Thank you Corinne for donating a cool Thankful Writing activity to our room! Thank you to the Worster family for donating a new Halloween book to our room!
  
• ●  Friday, Oct. 11th and Monday, Oct. 14th​ - no school.
  
• ●  Tuesday, October 15th​ - Field trip to Fire Station. We will leave school at 8:30 to walk there. We will return around 10:15. Please have your child wear sneakers. Feel free to join us.