Mark Your Calendars!

The Halloween Share is scheduled for Thursday, October 31st at 2:15! 
***Costume Helpers - please check in at the front desk and then come to the classroom around 1:45.
***Please label all of your child's costume pieces and try to limit the amount of accessories.
***No toy weapons or scary masks.

During reading, we learned that readers...

• Try to use the same words that the characters in their story are saying.
• Act out stories to get a sense of how the characters are feeling.
• Act out stories to get a better understanding of what the character is doing.
• Use their face, body, and voice to help the story come to life!

During writing we learned that writers...

• Return to unfinished pieces and add more!
• Go back and read what they wrote to see if it makes sense.
• Use all their strategies to stretch out the sounds in words.

During math we have been counting up a storm!  We learned two new math center activities

• Grab and Count - grab a handful of math manipulatives, such as pattern blocks, buttons, etc.  Develop a strategy for accurately counting and keeping track of the quantity. 
• Roll and Record - roll a dot cube, count the dots, record the correct number on the recording sheet.  Focus on forming the numeral correctly!
• We added pages to our Counting books to further connect number words, numerals, and quantities.
• Counting Jar - count the item of the week, represent the quantity with a picture, create an equivalent set.

Social Studies - We created our own class Kimochi faces!  Some of the feelings we came up with were - sick, nervous, spooked, and cool.  Everyone got a chance to act out their feeling and design their own Kimochi face.

Science - we learned 2two new 5 senses games, which played during centers on Thursday and Friday.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOUR CHILD IS HAVING HIS/PICTURE RETAKEN ON NOVEMBER 7th.