October 6-10, 2014

A few reminders about what is going on this week: 

- Students are encouraged to bring one non-perishable food item every day this week to support the Food Bank

- As temperatures are changing, please ensure your child is wearing the appropriate clothing to school. A fall jacket, mitts, and a hat are good pieces to ensure your child will not get cold at recess.

- Club Moo starts on Monday.

- Spelling Test and Hot Lunch from Swiss Chalet on Friday.

Language Arts

RazKids was a HUGE success this past week, and I encourage you to allow your child to use it at home. I notice some students already using it at home and that is AMAZING! Here are the instructions on how to get to the website: google 'razkids' and select the first option. The teacher login is 'jennkruse'. Allow your child to find their name and type in the password they were given in class (no spaces). The program is great and they can spend 10-15 minutes on it every night. This would even count towards their home reading (red duotang). 

Continue Reading at home with your child. Our goal for October is to have each student read 3 hours each. If each student completes this goal, we will have a popcorn party at the end of the month. 

We will continue to talk about expository and narrative writing, and students will be able to identify parts of these types of writing. We discussed last week about opinions and why opinions are not necessarily accepted by everyone. For example: "The best season of the year is Summer" is my opinion and is not true for all students. 

This week we will begin Reading Comprehension. We will be doing this once/week. This is to build confidence in understanding what they are reading, as well as understanding what to look for in their reading. 

Math

This week we will begin our "Patterns" and "Numbers to 100" unit. The "Pattern" unit will continue until mid-November and "Numbers to 100" will continue through February. 

Science

We will be continuing to look at magnets and the different types of magnets that exist. 

Social

Our focus for social this week will be mapping. I hope to finish this unit this week and begin with another topic next week.