October 24~ 28

* Thank you to all of the wonderful parents who joined us on our fun adventure to Oak Glen Preserve. We so greatly appreciate all of your help, patience & hard work.
* An enormous thank you to Mr. Dishner, Mrs. Tyree and Mrs. Perry for making the hike a special adventure for Group 1. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your strength, team work and perseverance.

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math: Topic 4~ Fluently adding within 100.

4.1~ 4.4: Adding using place value and partial sums, modeling to add 2-digit numbers, adding 2-digit numbers & explaining the work.

Science: Habitats: How do plants, animals, and people live in their habitat? Reviewing forest habitat assignment & field trip. Introducing new habitat~ wetlands.

Leadership: ROAR song & prepping for our assembly.

Reading:  Alexander, Who Use to Be Rich Last Sunday & A Chair for My Mother.

Language: Illustrations, compare points of view and compare characters.

Writing: Describing characters' responses & choices, using sequence words, & revising by adding descriptive details.

Conventions: Plural possessives, verbs, & compound sentences. 

Phonics Skill: Digraphs ar, or, ore, oar. Some words we learn by remembering the letters. Other words we can sound out. We can blend longer words with /ar/ and /or/ by dividing them into syllables. When a two-syllable word has two consonants in the middle, we usually divide the word into syllables between the two consonants. Read one syllables at a time and then say them together.

Phonics Skill Words:

north

star

format

shore

soar

barn

porch

oar

dark

morning

Homework~

1.) Read 20 minutes daily & fill out reading log (due Friday)

2.) Math sheet (due next day) 

3.) Would You Rather Writing Journal (4 steps due Friday)

4.) Study October poem (will recite on 10/28)

5.) Study phonics skill words

Upcoming Dates

Oct. 24~ Nov. 10~ Food Drive

October 28~ Recite October poem

Oct. 31~ Spirit Day...PJ Day & Fun Centers

Nov. 3~ End of the trimester assembly

Nov. 8~ Election Day: Wear red, white & blue

Nov. 11~ Veterans Day. No school

Nov. 14~ Parent Conferences. No school

Nov. 15-Dec. 14~ Angel Tree

Nov. 16~ GIS Day

Nov. 21-25~ Thanksgiving Break. No school

Thank you so much for your support!