October 14-17
I'm sure your Cowpoke is looking forward to a day off tomorrow and a 4 day week! They are ready for a break!
I'm sure your Cowpoke is looking forward to a day off tomorrow and a 4 day week! They are ready for a break!
SCIENCE NIGHT
Thursday, Oct 16 @ 6:00 PM-We have hot air balloons, computers to take apart, engines to explore, lava lamps to make, and much, much more.... And in order to do all this, we need volunteers on Thursday, October 16th. Come have fun with the Caraway community. No training or science know-how required. Just go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e45aaaf292-science1 and sign up to volunteer. Thank you!
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 25th: Harvest Festival -There are many volunteer positions to be filled. Please consider taking just one hour of time to volunteer in different stations in order to insure the kids can have the best experience.
Harvest Fest. is one of the three biggest PTA fundraisers of the year. We also need you to bring your children for an afternoon of fun. Please keep in mind that adults are not required to purchase a wristband.
Hope to see you all there!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Monday: Student Holiday
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Monday: Student Holiday
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Book Order due for OctoberThursday: Science Night at 6:00 PM
Friday: Library Day! All library books are due by Friday morning at 8:00.
Math and Reading Homework are due.
Here is what we will be doing this week:
READING
This week we will read expository/non-fiction books. Writers of expository books are expert in an area and therefore they write the expository texts to teach us about that subject. We will learn that the purpose of reading expository books is to get information. We might have questions before reading a non-fiction book, or questions during reading the non-fiction book, or even after reading it. These questions will help us to read more and find out more. We will learn about the features of non-fiction such as: table of contents, index, glossary, real photos, labels, and captions.
This week we will read expository/non-fiction books. Writers of expository books are expert in an area and therefore they write the expository texts to teach us about that subject. We will learn that the purpose of reading expository books is to get information. We might have questions before reading a non-fiction book, or questions during reading the non-fiction book, or even after reading it. These questions will help us to read more and find out more. We will learn about the features of non-fiction such as: table of contents, index, glossary, real photos, labels, and captions.
WRITING
We will continue revising our stories for one more week. Ask your child what revising is and what is the purpose of revising. They are truly becoming an expert on this. We are learning to reread our stories carefully a couple of times to make sure that our stories make sense. In the process, we are learning to add some more words or take off a few that are not needed. We are checking for sight words misspelling, neat writing and correct punctuation. Some of us are even adding dialogues in quotation marks to make our stories more interesting. I am so proud of my young writers!
MATH
This week we will use a hundred chart and use a count on strategies to explore the numbers. Number chart is a bigger version of number line/number track. Numbers are increasing by a certain pattern and once we see the pattern, we could quickly recognize 2 more, 5 more, 10 more than any chosen number. Counting on is the same as adding on to a number. We will also take this further and explain addition as "part-part whole". Two parts come together to make a whole. If I have 5 pennies and you give me 3 more, 5 is a part and 3 is another part and altogether, the whole/sum or total is 8.
This week is science we will continue to explore/observe the properties of objects by their color, shape, texture, size and mass. We will also observe what changes happen to objects when we heat, cool or freeze them. We are being real scientists and record our observation in our science journals.
This week we will use a hundred chart and use a count on strategies to explore the numbers. Number chart is a bigger version of number line/number track. Numbers are increasing by a certain pattern and once we see the pattern, we could quickly recognize 2 more, 5 more, 10 more than any chosen number. Counting on is the same as adding on to a number. We will also take this further and explain addition as "part-part whole". Two parts come together to make a whole. If I have 5 pennies and you give me 3 more, 5 is a part and 3 is another part and altogether, the whole/sum or total is 8.
This week is science we will continue to explore/observe the properties of objects by their color, shape, texture, size and mass. We will also observe what changes happen to objects when we heat, cool or freeze them. We are being real scientists and record our observation in our science journals.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for stuffing the folders, and being willing to help in the classroom or outside the classroom. Your helping hands and hearts are greatly appreciated!
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