Friday, November 1, 2013

October 28th-November 1st

What We Are Learning
Reading: This week we learned about how to retell a story using story elements (characters, setting, problem, events, and solution). Ask your child about the strategy 5 Finger Retelling. 

Writing: We continued to write nonfiction chapter books.  We focused on how to use illustrations to help our readers understand our writing. 

Math: This week in math we started a new unit on 2 and 3 dimensional shapes. We learned the following terms: vertices, sides, square, rectangle, triangle, rhombus, trapezoid, half circle, and quarter circle.  Ask your child to explain these terms.

Parent Teacher Conferences
I am happy to announce that we had 100% attendance during Parent Teacher Conferences.  Thank you all so much for taking time to discuss your child’s progress.  I hope you found the Student Led format beneficial and it gave you insight into your child’s strengths and weaknesses.   I truly enjoyed meeting with all of you!

Book-It
A couple of week ago, I sent home a note describing a wonderful program called Book-It. If your child reads 20 books they get a FREE personalized pizza from Pizza Hut.  To help your child read good fit books, I also sent home several paper books on your child’s reading level. Please read these books with your child and have them fill out the Reading Record.  Also, your child can visit Raz-Kids.com to access books on their level as well. Happy Reading!

Veteran’s Day Assembly
The Veteran’s Day Assembly is scheduled for Friday, November 8th at 9:00. We would like to invite all veterans to this memorable assembly.

Word Wall Words
Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Word Wall Words. 
This week’s word wall words:
had, they, will, too, & all

Last week’s word wall words:
get, come, got, play, & was

Dates to Remember
November 5th- No School
November 8th- Veteran’s Day Assembly
November 8th- Fall Parties 2:00
November 12th- PTO Meeting


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