Thank you for your continuous help and support inside and outside the classroom. Whether you help us in the classroom, or support your child's learning at home, I will appreciate all you do! Everyone returned their Reading Homework promptly last week and by the quality of children's work, I could say that they really took their time, got the support they needed from you and did a fantastic job! I am so proud of all of you!
We have couple of exciting events a head of us. We appreciate if you could volunteer some of your time and help us.
SCIENCE NIGHT
Thursday, Oct 16 @ 6:00 PM-We have hot air balloons, computers to take apart, engines to explore, lava lamps to make, and much, much more.... And in order to do all this, we need volunteers on Thursday, October 16th. Come have fun with the Caraway community. No training or science know-how required. Just go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e45aaaf292-science1 and sign up to volunteer. Thank you!
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 25th: Harvest Festival -There are many volunteer positions to be filled. Please consider taking just one hour of time to volunteer in different stations in order to insure the kids can have the best experience.
We have couple of exciting events a head of us. We appreciate if you could volunteer some of your time and help us.
SCIENCE NIGHT
Thursday, Oct 16 @ 6:00 PM-We have hot air balloons, computers to take apart, engines to explore, lava lamps to make, and much, much more.... And in order to do all this, we need volunteers on Thursday, October 16th. Come have fun with the Caraway community. No training or science know-how required. Just go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e45aaaf292-science1 and sign up to volunteer. Thank you!
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 25th: Harvest Festival -There are many volunteer positions to be filled. Please consider taking just one hour of time to volunteer in different stations in order to insure the kids can have the best experience.
Harvest Fest. is one of the three biggest PTA fundraisers of the year. We also need you to bring your children for an afternoon of fun. Please keep in mind that adults are not required to purchase a wristband.
Hope to see you all there!
Here is what we will be doing this week:
READING
This week we will read expository/non-fiction books. Writers of expository books are expert in an area and therefore they write the expository texts to teach us about that subject. We will learn that the purpose of reading expository books is to get information. We might have questions before reading a non-fiction book, or questions during reading the non-fiction book, or even after reading it. These questions will help us to read more and find out more. We will learn about the features of non-fiction such as: table of contents, index, glossary, real photos, labels, and captions.
This week we will read expository/non-fiction books. Writers of expository books are expert in an area and therefore they write the expository texts to teach us about that subject. We will learn that the purpose of reading expository books is to get information. We might have questions before reading a non-fiction book, or questions during reading the non-fiction book, or even after reading it. These questions will help us to read more and find out more. We will learn about the features of non-fiction such as: table of contents, index, glossary, real photos, labels, and captions.
WRITING
We will continue revising our stories for one more week. Ask your child what revising is and what is the purpose of revising. They are truly becoming an expert on this. We are learning to reread our stories carefully a couple of times to make sure that our stories make sense. In the process, we are learning to add some more words or take off a few that are not needed. We are checking for sight words misspelling, neat writing and correct punctuation. Some of us are even adding dialogues in quotation marks to make our stories more interesting. I am so proud of my young writers!
MATH
This week we will use a hundred chart and use a count on strategies to explore the numbers. Number chart is a bigger version of number line/number track. Numbers are increasing by a certain pattern and once we see the pattern, we could quickly recognize 2 more, 5 more, 10 more than any chosen number. Counting on is the same as adding on to a number. We will also take this further and explain addition as "part-part whole". Two parts come together to make a whole. If I have 5 pennies and you give me 3 more, 5 is a part and 3 is another part and altogether, the whole/sum or total is 8.
SCIENCES
This week is science we will continue to explore/observe the properties of objects by their color, shape, texture, size and mass. We will also observe what changes happen to objects when we heat, cool or freeze them. We are being real scientists and record our observation in our science journals.
This week we will use a hundred chart and use a count on strategies to explore the numbers. Number chart is a bigger version of number line/number track. Numbers are increasing by a certain pattern and once we see the pattern, we could quickly recognize 2 more, 5 more, 10 more than any chosen number. Counting on is the same as adding on to a number. We will also take this further and explain addition as "part-part whole". Two parts come together to make a whole. If I have 5 pennies and you give me 3 more, 5 is a part and 3 is another part and altogether, the whole/sum or total is 8.
SCIENCES
This week is science we will continue to explore/observe the properties of objects by their color, shape, texture, size and mass. We will also observe what changes happen to objects when we heat, cool or freeze them. We are being real scientists and record our observation in our science journals.
THANK YOU!
Nicole Dockrey for volunteering in the classroom last week!
Habit #4: Think Win-Win
I balance the courage of getting what I want with consideration of others.
Reminders:
*Specials- A Group: PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
B Group: PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day. We will eat snack at 10:30
Dates to Remember:
*Specials- A Group: PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
B Group: PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day. We will eat snack at 10:30
Dates to Remember:
October 16: Science Night
October 25: Harvest Festival
October 29: Early Release Day dismissal @12:45
November 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
December 3: Early Release Day dismissal @12:45
December 8-12: Book Fair
December 19: Winter Break begins
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