Dear Families,

What a great week we have had. We began the week on Tuesday with a visit from the Richmond Ballet. The students enjoyed watching the ballet company’s version of Swan Lake.

In science, we have been learning all about fall. Luckily the weather has finally cooperated to truly feel like fall.

In math, the students have been learning how to count to 20. We have also been learning how to identify and write the numbers 1-10. Ask your child how high they can count.

In reading, the students have been learning to identify the beginning, middle and end of a story. We are also continuing to learn letters, sounds, and sight words. A great website for learning sight words is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCphZr-iwSk  The children love singing these songs in class. Just google this website and change the sight word to a word that your child is learning. Music is a great way for young children to learn.

We finished up our week with our trip to the Hanover Vegetable Farm. The students had a wonderful time. I would like to thank all of the parents and grandparents who showed up to help chaperone our trip. I could not have managed without you. My daughter, Taylor, came all the way from North Carolina to help us out.

Please enjoy these pictures from our trip:

 

Next week:

Language Arts: Retelling with Beginning, Middle, and End

Poem: I Am a Pumpkin

Words: be, for

Letters:  J, E, Y

Essential Questions: 

What happening at the beginning of the story?

What happened in the middle of the story?

What happened at the end of the story?

Math:  Patterns

The student will identify, describe, extend, create, and transfer repeating patterns.

Vocabulary:

core, extend, create, transfer, repeating, pattern, next, compare

Science/Social Studies:  Pumpkin Life Cycle

The student will investigate and understand that there are simple repeating patterns in his/her daily life.

Dates to remember:

• October 22 – Mix It Up Day
• October 23 – Unity Day, Wear Orange
• October 24 – final day to order a Papa John’s pizza for Book or Treat. Order here: www.pjcheese.com/mtes
•  October 25. Sign up here. Breakfast with the Principal
• October 28-Half day of school. Steam day for students
• October 29- Book or Treat-6:00-8:00

Reminders:

Homework will be sent home on Monday! Remember to play the games sent home, fill out the reading log, and practice rainbow words. I will check Red words Monday and pass out Orange words if your child masters the Red ones. Please continue to read at home with your child.

We are in need of treasures for our treasure chest. If you would like to donate, please send in bouncy balls, bubbles, any small toys, or McDonald toys. Also I will be putting in tickets that the students may pick from. Some examples are: Stinky feet (take your shoes off in the classroom!), Bring a stuffed animal to school day! 10 minutes of extra computer time!   I know the class is going to love these choices when they go to the treasure chest! Also thanks for your donations! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mrs. Smith