October 21-25

Another great week is coming to a close. This week we started working on animal reports that the students will turn into PowerPoint presentations. Please keep checking in on the student work tab for more great samples of what your student is doing in class. 

Next week we will have our Halloween party on Thursday. The parade will start at 1:30 then the party around 2:45ish. If you would like to send treats with your student please feel free to do so, I know the kids love to see what everyone brings. Please no homemade treats this is a school wide rule. Also if you want to come in the class you must have a background check done first. If you don't have one done and would like to come to the Halloween party stop by the office and fill out the paperwork and you can still participate in our party. 

We are also collecting food as part of our Chobani Good Food Drive. Foods that they will accept are: 

• brown rice
• whole grain noodles
• plain instant oatmeal
• whole grain crackers
• whole grain, low sugar cereal
• whole grain cereal bar
• canned/pouch meats packed in water
• natural peanut butters
• low sodium canned beans
• canned fruit in its own juices
• 100% fruit juice
• low sodium canned vegetables
• low sodium broth-based vegetable soups
• no sugar added applesauce
• whole grain mustard
• low-fat salad dressing
• baked chips
• low-fat graham crackers
• naturally flavored, sugar-free seltzer water
• unsweetened plain soy milk 

Unit 2

All of the spelling, vocabulary, and high frequency words have been added to the blog under the tab Wonder. We will be talking about animals and how they live and survive out in the wild. This will be a great chance for your student to learn about many different types of animals. We will also be working on writing a How-To Text. This is going to allow your student to write a paper explaining how to do a specific task. We are going to be doing geometry in math. We are working with shapes and area right now, this is a hard concept for kids to understand. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with me. 

Working Hard!

Updates

Please notice that the spelling and vocabulary lists for this coming week have been updated. We also have a PTA meeting this week if you would like to attend. It will be on Friday at 11:40 in the library. If you volunteered to help in with parties this year the room parent or the PTA should be getting in touch with you over the next week or two. 

Wednesday, October 9th:  National Walk to School DayFlyers will be sent home Monday, October 7th.

Friday, October 11th:  Popcorn Sale 50 cents a bag

Reminder

We do not have school on Thursday and Friday this week. Have a great long weekend.