Week In Review, October 9-10, 2023

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Thank you for joining us for Fall Conferences. Students did a wonderful job sharing their strengths and goals and were proud to share their learning with you. We had an amazing first quarter and students grew in every way, shape, and form. Together, we have created a caring, safe, and fun classroom community! 

In Reading and Writing, we prepared for conferences, finished publishing our favorite small moment, and had a Writing Celebration. Students shared their stories with each other and then made a class rainbow cake to share. Each student picked a color, based on what they were most proud of, and mixed it into their batter (yellow=handwriting, pink=powerful ending, blue=beautiful beginning, & purple=perfect small steps). We enjoyed the rainbow cake during our PM snack. 

After fall break we continue with Unit 2, Word Detectives (Reading) and start Unit 2, Writing Reviews (Writing). For writing, we will need a fun collection sent to school for the launch of the unit. Please read the Collection Letter.

In Word Study, we learned about consonant digraph "wh" and "ph". We also added could, would, and should to our heart word list. 

In Math, we took our Pre-Assessment for Unit 3-Adding and Subtracting Within 20 and played some math games. We will start Unit 3 after break.

*Reminder-Students can work on Lexia, IXL, and RAZ over break.

Have a wonderful Fall Break!

Upcoming Events:

*Our 2nd Quarter Calendar is now ready.

*We will be in the keyboarding lab, for music class, for the rest of October. If your child wants to bring their personal piano lesson books, on Music days, please send them in.

• October 14-22-Fall Break. Drop 4-5 pictures from your holiday here. Your child will share these pictures to practice public speaking and to work on identifying the when, where, who, what & how (what we are working on during reading retells and in our writing). 
• October 23-Late Start (10:00)
• October 25-Free Dress Day!
• October 27-Visiting Author
• October 31-Halloween color dress and party! You may want to look for a costume over fall break.
• We will be having our Halloween Party from 2-3 pm. Your child may wear Halloween colors (black and orange) to school and even festive themed clothes, but please do not wear costumes to school. Costumes need to be sent in your child's school bag. Please do not send in any play weapons. Your child will be given time to change before the party. 
• November 3-Zombie Run! Sign up here.
• November 15-Field Trip to Waterways Watch Society! Please review the Parent Letter and sign the permission slip by October 27th.