October News

Happy October!
It's hard to believe we're in the season of costumes and candy...doesn't it feel like we just celebrated Labor Day?

Here's a bit more of an update of what we're up to these days:

In ELA, we're starting rotations of Daily 5 jobs. Ask your child what they did each day-Teacher Table, Read to Self, Word Work, or Listen to Reading. To get us in the swing of things we're only doing one rotation this week, next week we'll do 2 a day, allowing your child to practice their reading and spelling words in a variety of ways!

Our story this week is "Miss Nelson Has a Field Day." We'll be discussing story elements such as setting, character and plot, as well as compare and contrast. We'll be tested on this in a couple of weeks, so any chance to have your child compare/contrast two things would be great.

We are working on Narrative stories for writing. Today we discussed that a narrative story is a true event, tells about a small moment, and uses a lot of descriptions and details-we need to use our 5 senses when we're writing!

In Math we're finishing up our work with measurement this week and will have a math test Wednesday, 10/11. Today we explored finding the difference in measurements of two lines. We've been discussing how whenever we read the words "how much" (how much shorter/longer is line A than B, etc.) it is usually a clue to subtract. Your child will benefit from any extra practice using this language (How much taller are you than your brother? How much longer is the couch than the chair?) and strategies to subtract!

We're starting our first science unit this week-Buoyancy! We will be exploring the properties of objects that allow them to either float or sink.

Did you hear about our student teacher-Miss Vachereau? She started last Tuesday and will be here every Tuesday-Friday until the beginning of December. We are excited to have her and help her on her education journey!

A note will come home with these topics but here are the Share Topics for October:

Week of 10/2- Show or Tell about a hobby you have or a sport you play
Week of 10/9- Tell us about your favorite Fall activity
Week of 10/16- We will share "Candy Book Reports" we've created in school.
Week of 10/23- Bring a picture to tell about a previous Halloween costume you've had (not this years costume!)
Week of 10/30- Boats! (More information will come home, as this will be the culminating activity of our unit on Buoyancy)

Don't forget we have no school Monday, 10/9. Enjoy the Columbus Day Weekend!

Have a great week!
Mrs. France