October 31 - November 4

It's Halloween Week!  

Many students brought Halloween books from home to share!  They had a great time reading these fun stories.

Halloween Costumes - Please remember to send your child's costume to school on Monday.  We will be changing into costumes after lunch.  Remember no toy weapons are allowed and make up will not be applied.  Everyone is welcome to join us for the parade, outside weather permitting, beginning at 1:00.

Dates to Remember...
Mon. Oct. 31 - All School Halloween Parade  1:00  Everyone is welcome
                        Classroom Party 1:30  Only those parent who are signed up may attend
Mon. Nov. 7 - No School Conference Week
Tues. Nov. 8 - No School Institute Day
Nov. 9 & 10 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Fri. Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Assembly  Students wear red, white, and blue to honor veterans
Tues. Nov. 15 - Picture Retakes
Thurs. Nov. 17 - 2nd Grade Concert at LV  7pm
Fri. Nov. 18 - End of 1st trimester
Tues. Nov. 22 - Grandparents Day
                         Report Cards

Reading -  We will finish our Friendship unit this week by reading How To Be a Friend.  We will discuss "I Messages" and work with the vocabulary words compromise, conflict, cooperation, and resolution.  Students will participate in an activity by role playing a friendship scenario with a small group.

Classroom Reading Logs are due on Tuesday. Nov. 2.  The class voted to have a pajama day for all students who return a completed log.  We'll have it one day next week ~ date to be determined.

Math - We will begin working on 2 digit addition.  We'll be using several different strategies to regroup.

Positive Paw Winner - Aubrey
New Student of the Week - Isabella

October 24 - 28

Dates to Remember...
Mon. Oct. 24 - Facilities Plan Meeting  7 pm at Ide
Tues. Oct. 25 - Friendship Day
Wed. Oct. 26 - Early Dismissal  11:35
Fri. Oct. 28 - Reading Incentive Day  BOO-tiful Book Day - Wear black and orange and bring a Halloween book from home if you have one
                     PTO Halloween Party 6:30 pm
Mon. Oct. 31 - All School Halloween Parade 1:00
                        Classroom Party 1:30
Mon. Nov. 7 - No School
Tues. Nov. 8 - No School  Teacher Institute Day
Nov. 9 & 10 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Fri. Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Assembly

Parent Teacher Conferences - Conferences will be held on November 9 & 10.  You should have received an invitation email to sign up (through Sign Up Genius) today, Oct. 21.  If you did not, please email me and I'll be sure you get the link.

Halloween costumes - Halloween costumes should be brought to school in a bag on Monday, Oct. 31.  Costumes should be easy for your child to put on over clothes.  No toy weapons are allowed and make up will not be applied.  Students will be putting costumes on in the afternoon.

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 - Our focus this week will be Poetry.  We will be reading lots of poetry and learning how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a poem.

Vocabulary words will include: rhyme, rhythm, regular beats, repetition, figurative language, and alliteration.

Grammar focus will be on past tense of irregular verbs.

Math - We will solve problems with equal groups by modeling with counters, use repeated addition to match an array, and finish the week with a chapter test.  We'll also be doing our 5 minute timed test for October.

New Student of the Week - Nana
Positive Paw Winner - Mia
Estimation Jar Winners - Mustafa and Andrew

Birthday - Nick Oct. 28  Happy Birthday Nick!!

October 17 - 21

Dates to Remember...
Mon. Oct. 24 - Facilities Plan Community Event
Tues. Oct. 25 - Friendship Day
Wed. Oct. 26 - Early Dismissal  11:35
Fri. Oct. 28 - Reading Reward BOO-tiful Book Day
                     District Halloween Party
Mon. Oct. 31 - All School Parade & Classroom Parties
Week of Nov. 7 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Mon. Nov. 7 - No School  Conference Week
Tues. Nov. 8 - No School  Teacher Institute

Welcome Ms. Hernandez!  Carol Hernandez, attending Lewis University, began working with us this week.  She will be observing and working with our students during the next 8 weeks.  She is excited about getting to know the kids and we're glad to have her!

Reading - We will be doing a reading/writing workshop this week and 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.

Reading logs - The class voted to have a pajama day as a reward for October reading. Please encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each night and fill in their reading log.

Math - We'll continue working on addition and subtraction strategies this week.  We'll discuss how addition and subtraction are related, we'll practice subtraction facts, and use 10 to subtract.  We'll end the week by using equations to represent problems.

Positive Paw Winner - Ella
New Student of the Week - Nate
Estimation Jar Winners - Mustafa and Amey

October 10 - 14

Picture Day!

Dates to Remember...
Mon. Oct. 10 - No School  Columbus Day
Mon. Oct. 24 - Community Event at Ide
Tues. Oct. 25 - Friendship Day
Wed. Oct. 26 - Early Dismissal  11:35
Fri. Oct. 28 - BOOtiful Book Day  Reading Incentive Day
                     We'll be writing and drawing about our favorite books
Mon. Oct. 31 - All School Picnic and Classroom Halloween Parties

Math -  We're starting a new chapter this week focusing on addition strategies.  We'll work on doubles, doubles plus one, and making a ten.  Please encourage your child to practice addition and subtraction facts at home

Reading - This week we will be reading Tarra and Bella, a nonfiction story about an elephant and a dog who became best friends.  We'll finish our research writing and also focus on the comprehension strategy of cause and effect.

Grammar focus will be on adjectives this week.

Progress Reports came home today with your child.  Please sign and return it to school on Tuesday.

New Student of the Week - Andrew
Positive Paw Winner - Isabella
Estimation Jar Winner - Gio and Allison

Birthday - Vanessa Oct. 8  Happy Birthday Vanessa!