Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Weekly Update 10/19/11

Important Announcements:

*Happy Birthday to Jackson! He celebrated his birthday today!

*Thank you so much for meeting with me during parent / teacher conferences. I really enjoyed talking with each of you about your child’s progress this school year. I will continue to keep you updated, and as always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to ask!

*The kids LOVED our pumpkin activity today. I would like to thank the Matthews Family, the Meiners Family, and the Newberry Family for donating our pumpkins for this special activity. I would also like to thank Mrs. Fought, Mr. Matthews, Mrs. Meiners, and Mrs. Wright-Angle for volunteering during this activity.

*We will be having our Unit 3 math test on Friday, October 28th.

*Have a fun-filled Fall Break!

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Forces and Motion

Spelling

Words with -our

Reading
Story: Hedgehog Bakes a Cake

Skill: Problem and Solution; following directions

Daily Five: building stamina for read to self and read to someone / Miss Whisman will conference with individual students to ensure good fit books are being selected to read.

Math

Frames-and-Arrows Problems, Change at a Garage Sale, Counting Up to Make Change, review, Unit 3 test

Social Studies

A Look at Earth

English

Review nouns

Writing

Writing/drawing with details