Friday, November 1, 2013

No School for students on Tuesday, November 5th!

I hope you all enjoyed the Halloween Share and parade as much as we did!  What a fun way to celebrate Halloween:)

Reminders:
  • Please remember to send in a seasonally appropriate change of clothes for your child - you may need to switch out the change of clothes he/she currently has at school.
  • Picture Retakes are scheduled for November 7th.  Please let me know if your child is having his/her picture retake.
During Reading we worked on ...
  • Retelling the story - beginning, middle and end
  • Independent Reading
  • Halloween stories
  • Buddy reading with our 2nd grade buddies
During Writing we worked on...
  • Fixing and fancying up our true stories
  • Adding to the words
  • Adding to the pictures
  • Celebrating our success
  • Spacing out words with our new writing tool - "the space-man!"
During Math we worked on...
  • Our Counting books - numbers up to 12
  • Grab and Count and Button Match Up
  • Halloween math - patterns and counting
  • Noticing changes in the calendar - new month, new holidays, etc.