Dear Families,
Spiders
and Ciders is upon us! As campus started
the transition on Thursday, the children’s level of excitement exponentially
increased. I will be here tonight in
full costume with make-up on (a Dr. Seuss character), so the kids will have to
look hard to find me, but I will be in the games area from 6 – 7pm. I know I would love to see all who are here
in costume! Tonight is the time for
costumes. On Monday, there are no costumes or crazy hair. School will be a regular day. All candy should be left at home as well,
please. Candy is not brain food and it
does not help them concentrate and focus on what needs to be done. Thank you for all your help in making this a
fun holiday for all.
This
week was a typical busy week in the classroom.
We finished up our plant unit. We
will continue to visit the garden to see our lettuce, carrots, and beets
grow. We also need to check on our
pumpkins as they decompose. We will move
from science to social studies as we start our map unit and a short unit on
elections. As you visit places with your
family, if there is a map that you can get for us, I would love to have them in
the classroom. In math, we will continue
with addition and subtraction both in fluency and in word problems. We will start moving into missing number
problems soon.
Reading
your children’s writing is so much fun.
The personal narratives that they are starting to produce are very cute
to read. We are going to work on
revision techniques this week so as they write the narrative that they are
going to publish, they will be able to go back, reread, and add/change what
they have already written. The children
are starting to build an understanding of mental images. We started with working on changing mental
images as we read poems this week and will continue with it next week.
Thank
you to the families that sent in box tops to the classroom. They will continue to collect through Monday
morning. The next collection period will
be in February, so keep collecting.
I
hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend.
I know I will be enjoying as many pumpkin treats as I can!
Mrs.
Berk