October
2, 2015
Dear Families,
It
has been a wonderful beginning to October and a fast week for us here at
school. Thursday was a busy day
with Picture Day in the morning and a
visit from The Cromwell Center late morning to lead a
discussion and get us thinking about people with disabilities. Today should be fun as students begin
phase 1… the paper mache part, of our Earth globes. Thanks to the parent volunteers
who came in to help…. Projects
like these are much more fun with many hands helping out! Next week we will do phase 2… placement
of continents and labeling.
In Math students have just taken
the end of unit 1 assessment.
Today students will spend the class pondering an Open Response question before
we move on to Unit 2. Typically I
hold on to the math assessments until the end of the trimester. They will go into each student’s
portfolio (3 ringed binder) and come home with the report card. If you are curious and want to see an
assessment before that, just let me know and it can travel home in the red
folder.
We continue to build and talk
about good life long reading habits
during our Reading Workshop time.
Lots of thought into choosing books that interest us as readers, how to
picture the story like a movie in our minds, and the importance of reading wide
awake and alert. Our read aloud, Poppy,
continues to offer great opportunity to talk and share our thinking about the
plot, character motives, problems and possible solutions. The book talks continue to be lively
and interesting.
Lastly,
next week is Fire
Prevention Week.
Our class will walk down to the fire station on Tuesday afternoon for review
of fire safety and to check out those awesome fire trucks! Hats off to our volunteer firemen!