Weeks 7 and 8

A Peek at the (last two)Weeks

I can tell it is October because the weeks are starting to pass by more and more quickly. Your children have been working very hard and I am so proud of all of them. 

Spiders have been the theme for this week. The children are showing a lot of interest in learning about this topic.  After reading about spiders, we made a class graph about who was afraid of them. The graph showed that most of the children are not afraid of spiders. We had fun reading and singing the story, The Itsy Bitsy Spider and the children made a cute picture depicting where their spider would climb. This week we worked on letters /e/ and /r/ and last week the letters /d/ and /s/. The sight words ‘can’, ‘brown’ and ‘black’ were introduced and added to your child’s binder.
Last week was Fire Safety Week and the children were visited by one of our local firefighters. They had a chance to hear some excellent fire safety tips from him. We also have begun learning about trees. We are learning how they grow and their importance to our world. On Monday we will take a trip to the library to participate in a program on this topic. 

As we get into the holiday season there seems to be a lot of information to dispense. 

Please make note of the following.

Important Dates and reminders:

·         Monday, October 20^th - field trip to the Avon Lake Library.  

·         Friday, October 31st - Halloween Parade and party. The children can come to school dressed in costume, or bring it to wear at school. (No weapons please).  The whole school participates in a Halloween parade at 9:00.  Our classroom party will be immediately following the parade (around 9:30).  All are invited4

·         Tuesday, November 4th.  Election Day - No school for students.

·         Wednesday, Thursday, Nov. 5^th and ^6th are conference days. Dismissal time is 1:45 on both of those days.

Monday, November 10^th will be Parent Visitation Day. (1:30-3:00) This is a special event where an adult can spend time with their child at school. I hope that each child will have a special adult (parent, grandparent, aunt, neighbor, etc.) to spend time with them in the classroom and share in their “work”.  We will begin at 1:30 and will be making a Native American costume which is to be worn at the Thanksgiving Feast. A white or tan pillowcase is needed to make the costume. (Sometimes Marc’s has them for a good price). Please send in a pillowcase by November 6th, labeled with your child’s name.  Directions for cutting are below.

In math we have begun Unit 4 which continues to provide practice on number comparison. But besides the work the children do in their math books, the children also work in math centers. The children are partnered with a buddy or 2 and work on different math skills. The children are rotated through the centers so that everyone has a chance to play each of the games. Check out the pictures of some of the students working at the centers.

Carson and Emma working at the patterning center.

Bronte' at the play-dough number center.

Ella and Kaeden playing a number comparison game.

Clara and Dominic are working at the counting center.

Myla and Andrew working on the computers.

        One of the spider projects the children completed last week.

              We took advantage of last week's nice weather and had some opportunities to play outside.