Friday, October 26, 2012

October 26th Newsletter

Upcoming Dates:
Wednesday, October 31st - Halloween Party in afternoonThursday, November 1st - All Saints Day Mass
Friday, November 2nd - Report Cards go home
Wednesday, November 7th - 2 Hour Delay
Thursday November 8th and Friday, November 9th - No School (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
Tuesday, November 13th - Picture retakes

This week in Class:
Math - place value (tens and ones), comparing numbers (5 >2), order numbers (65 comes just before 66, just after 64, and in between 64 and 67).
Reading / Phonics - Compare and contrast; long a (made, rain, gray); inflected endings -s, -es, and -ing; sequence words (first, next, then, last).
Science - Beginning to learn about matter (properties of matter).
Social Studies - landforms and geography (island, mountain, hill, lake , river, etc.).
Health - Caring for your body (hair, skin, nails).
Spelling - adding -ed and -ing
want    wanted
look    looking
call     calling
pick    picked
walk    walked
watch   watching

Classroom behavior has improved tremendously!  All of the students have done an excellent job using their manners and helping each other. They were rewarded for their great accomplishment with some extra time outside on Wednesday and Thursday to enjoy the beautiful weather.

I look forward to meeting with everyone for parent/teacher conferences!

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