October 27-31
It was great to see a few of you at the Harvest festival ! Our PTA works so hard on this fantastic event! It's one of the biggest fundraisers for the year! I hope you enjoyed some fun family time as you experienced the festival! Of course my girls' favorite thing was the petting zoo!
It was great to see a few of you at the Harvest festival ! Our PTA works so hard on this fantastic event! It's one of the biggest fundraisers for the year! I hope you enjoyed some fun family time as you experienced the festival! Of course my girls' favorite thing was the petting zoo!
Red Ribbon Week
This week is Red Ribbon Week. We will talk about a healthy life style, eating healthy, exercising, and staying away from all the harmful things that could hurt our body. As a whole school, we will do different activity each day to show our support for a healthy and happy life.
Monday: Red Ribbon Day- we will start to wear our red ribbon today for the rest of the week.
Tuesday: Pair up and make good choices (find a friend and dress up as twins)
Tuesday: Pair up and make good choices (find a friend and dress up as twins)
Wednesday: Sock It To Drugs Day (we will wear silly/crazy socks to school)
Thursday: Good character is our super power (we will wear superhero clothing)
Friday: Rally In Red Day (We will wear as many red items as we can).
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Monday: Mrs. Caballero was out with a sick child. Homework will be sent home Tuesday! We will have "online" homework this week! RAZ-Kids for reading and iXL for math!
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Early Release Day-dismissal is at 12:45
Friday: Library Day! All library books are due by Friday morning at 8:00.
Monday: Mrs. Caballero was out with a sick child. Homework will be sent home Tuesday! We will have "online" homework this week! RAZ-Kids for reading and iXL for math!
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Early Release Day-dismissal is at 12:45
Friday: Library Day! All library books are due by Friday morning at 8:00.
Reading Homework is due.
Saturday: Time change! Fall back @ 2am! Remember to change your clocks!
Here is what we will be doing this week:
READING
We will continue our study of expository/non-fiction text. As a class we discussed the features of nonfiction such as real photos, table of contents, glossary, caption, labels, index, diagram, and maps. We concluded that the purpose of reading nonfiction text is to learn! We also learned the differences between fiction and nonfiction. One difference is we read a fiction text from beginning to end. However, we do not have to do the same thing when we read a non-fiction text. We can read the parts of a nonfiction text which holds the information we want to know, or the information that is important to us. This week we will be reading texts about bats!
We will continue our study of expository/non-fiction text. As a class we discussed the features of nonfiction such as real photos, table of contents, glossary, caption, labels, index, diagram, and maps. We concluded that the purpose of reading nonfiction text is to learn! We also learned the differences between fiction and nonfiction. One difference is we read a fiction text from beginning to end. However, we do not have to do the same thing when we read a non-fiction text. We can read the parts of a nonfiction text which holds the information we want to know, or the information that is important to us. This week we will be reading texts about bats!
In our guided reading groups we will be diving into Bat books to help us learn all week! We will become experts on Bats as we confirm our learning and investigate the things we still wonder about Bats!
To follow up on our study of spiders from last week:
This is a beautiful story for your child to listen to. This is a fiction story read by CCH Pounder. Have your child compare the features of this story to a non-fiction that we read at school about spiders.
http://www.storylineonline.net/sophies-masterpiece/
WRITING
We will continue writing non-fiction. Our focus this week will be writing facts about bats. We are learning how to draw careful diagrams like scientist and label the parts. Our goal is to write these facts so we can teach others about what we have learned.
This is a beautiful story for your child to listen to. This is a fiction story read by CCH Pounder. Have your child compare the features of this story to a non-fiction that we read at school about spiders.
http://www.storylineonline.net/sophies-masterpiece/
WRITING
We will continue writing non-fiction. Our focus this week will be writing facts about bats. We are learning how to draw careful diagrams like scientist and label the parts. Our goal is to write these facts so we can teach others about what we have learned.
MATH
This week we will learn to tell time. We will learn to tell time to the hour using a digital and an analog clock. We will learn about the hands, the hour hand (the short hand), and the minute hand(the long hand) and how they move: The minute hand makes one full turn while the hour hand moves slowly from one numeral to another.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Maps and globes are the focus this week in Social Studies. As a class we will compare the two and learn how each is important. We will also be learning about where we are located in the big scheme of the world, starting with our street address and moving outwardly to the entire world.
This week we will learn to tell time. We will learn to tell time to the hour using a digital and an analog clock. We will learn about the hands, the hour hand (the short hand), and the minute hand(the long hand) and how they move: The minute hand makes one full turn while the hour hand moves slowly from one numeral to another.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Maps and globes are the focus this week in Social Studies. As a class we will compare the two and learn how each is important. We will also be learning about where we are located in the big scheme of the world, starting with our street address and moving outwardly to the entire world.
Lastly, please be safe this weekend as you Trick-or-Treat with your children! They are so excited about Friday and their fun costumes!! Enjoy your special time with the little people! Send pictures of your children all dressed up! They would love to share their pictures with their friends!
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