October
16, 2015
Dear Families,
Wow… two 4-day weeks back
to back make the school days all the more busy trying squeeze it all in! And, we also dropped everything
Wednesday morning as we were treated to a fabulous school assembly called “Food Play… great performing and music as well as
important information about the foods we eat. Be sure to get the scoop from your child, if you haven’t
already…!
Last
week we finished our first read aloud book, Poppy.
The conclusion was loaded with action and wrapped up the lingering
conflicts well. (Again,
get the scoop from your kiddo…)
Read aloud offers great opportunity for whole class book discussions,
predictions, wonderings, questioning ideas and character motives… all great
skills that can be transferred directly to students’ own reading and
books. This week we began our “Character Unit” studies. Our focus will be stepping into the
“shoes” of the main characters to better understand their motives and
thinking. Our new read aloud, Danny the Champion of the World,
by Roald Dahl, will lend a hand with this work as well. And a big round of applause goes to our
writers this week… students continue to work on their personal narratives… many are finishing up first draft as
others are beginning to revise and elaborate upon “the heart of the
story.” Good work… hard work too!
Lastly, as most of you know, our
fall parent/teacher conferences are
coming up. Thank you for signing up on-line. We only have about 15 minutes
to conference so please come prepared with your questions, observations and
curiosity….!