October 19 - 23

Thank you to our generous PTO for a delicious pizza lunch!  Thanks also to Mrs. Rizzo, Mrs. Kosinski, and Mrs. Bauer who helped serve pizza, drinks, and cookies!  What a special treat!

These kids LOVE pizza!!

Dates to Remember
Fri. Oct. 23 - Family Halloween Party  6:30 pm
Thurs. Oct. 29 - Spooky Story Day - Wear black and orange and bring a Halloween book from home if you have one
Fri. Oct 30 - All School Parade and Classroom Halloween Parties
Fri. Nov. 6 - No School
Mon. Nov. 9 - No School  Institiute Day

Positive Paw Winner - Ben
New Student of the Week - Olivia
Estimation Jar Winners - Emily and Ken

Halloween costumes - Halloween costumes should be brought to school in a bag and should be easy for your child to put on over clothes.  No toy weapons or make up will be allowed.  Students will be putting costumes on after lunch.

Costume parade will be held outside ~ weather permitting.  The parade will begin at 1:00 and everyone is invited!  Our classroom party will follow at 1:30.  Only those parents who have signed up to help may attend.

Reading - This week we will focus on writing an opinion paragraph.  Students will learn to state their opinion, find reasons that support it, and write a concluding statement.  We will work on editing, and use strong adjectives in our writing this week.  

Grammar focus will be on adjectives.

Math - We will continue to work with 2 digit addition this week, with and without regrouping.  We'll also solve story problems by choosing the best strategy.

Parent Teacher Conferences - Conferences will be held on November 10, 11, and 12.  You will receive an invitation email to sign up (through Sign Up Genius) next Friday, Oct. 23.