Newsletter Information

October 30^th, 2014

Notes~

v Practice the syllables each word has by having your child clap them out.

v Practice our word wall words that come home each week.

v Practice counting to 100!

v Practice writing numbers to 30.

v Listen to your child read their take home book.

What We Are Learning~

During our reading time we have been focusing on Halloween.  We spent one week discussing bats.  We learned a lot about bats.  This led us into discussions on fiction and nonfiction books.  We defined each of them as fiction-a made up story (not real), nonfiction-giving us true information.  So each time we read a book we discuss if the book was fiction or nonfiction.  We also introduced our first comprehension strategy of schema during this time.  Schema is all that information we have in our heads on all different types of things.  Now we are using our schema before we read to see what we already know about the topic.  What fun it has been!

In math we have been very busy learning our 3D shapes and also learning all about the features each of these shapes have.  We have discussed: cone, sphere, cylinder, and cube.  We have worked hard on deciding if they roll, stack, or slide.  We have been doing some building with shapes also.  What fun we have been having while we learn!

We just finished up our basics to the Writer’s Workshop.  We learned all the different aspects to becoming a writer.  Now we are beginning our first unit on personal narratives.  It will be fun to see our writing as we continue!

Upcoming Events~

v October 31 – No School

v November 5- Early Out

v November 13- End of 3^rd Trimester

v November 19 – Early Out

v November 26, 27, 28 – No School