Students worked so hard to earn their laps for the Fund Run! I bet they slept GREAT that night!
Thanks to Mr. McCarthy for coming in this afternoon and being our first Mystery Reader!
What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:
Academics
ELA: We finished reading Totally Disgusting by Bill Wallace. This book was full of adventure and fun. The students and I quickly fell in love with the main characters Mewkiss the Cat and Barkus the Dog. We are looking forward to our next big novel adventure on Monday! Our reading block also focused on sorting, recognizing, and spelling words with -oo, -ew, ow, and -ou, as well as exploring text evidence. Lastly, we took our lesson 4 Wordly Wise Test.
Writing: We created FANTASY stories that included sight, sound, and temporal words. We also paired up and listening to each others stories and responding with the prompt “I learned that…”
Math: We continued our work in Chapter 3 by using equations to represent words problems. We also practiced repeated addition. Students immediately noticed that this skill appeared to tie right into multiplication – SO exciting! Chapter 3 Math test will be on Monday.
Enrichment: Students practiced analytical reasoning with an activity called “What’s that Dot?”
Students of the week:
Leta and Caenan
Thank you for being such good listeners!
Important Dates:
10/4: Picture Day! These will be individual portraits and not class pictures.
10/10: Gifted Screening (students already identified will not be tested.) An opt-out letter was sent home today (September 30th) if you are not interested in having your child tested.
10/14: 1st Quarter ends
10/14: Fire Safety Demonstration
10/15: October Scholastic Book Orders due – Class Code MBCQN – CHECKS OR CREDIT CARD ONLY – NO CASH
10/17: FORMER Teacher Work Day. This will be a make-up day for the hurricane on 9/2. Students are expected to be at school this day.
10/18: Rype and Readi Field Trip – please have students wear RB Hunt shirts, tennis shoes, and pack their lunch in a plastic ziploc bag with their name clearly written on the front.
10/20: PTAO meeting
10/21: Character Parade and Fall Festival 5:30-7:30
10/21: AR incentive – Snow cones and extra recess! Ask your child how close they are to their goal!
10/28: Report Cards sent home (initial date of 10/24 pushed back due to hurricane)
10/31: Book Fair
Reminders
- Fund Run was a BLAST! Thanks to all the parents for coming out to cheer us on! Our class earned over $1900 in donations! Impressive! I have contacted PTO with missing prizes from students. Please let me know if your child didn’t receive an item they earned. Fund Run collection envelopes as well as additional information was sent home today in red communication folders.
- Thank you to Mr. McCarthy for being our first Mystery Reader! The students really enjoyed your book!
- October is packed with exciting and busy activities. Please make sure your child comes to school everyday rested and prepared to learn!
- Fall Festival will be here before we know it! Lauren Leth has planned a FUN witch hat ring toss game! Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering for a 30 minute block to help run this!
