Reading
We will read the story Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett. Dockett is an urban park ranger who teaches people about exploring nature.
We will discuss the comprehension strategy of distinguishing between fact and opinion.
The phonics lessons will emphasize consonant clusters with r, l, and s. We will learn about the two sounds for c. We will also review the long vowel sounds of o, u, and e.
The vocabulary words for next week are: exploring, habitat, protect, ranger, tours, and urban.
Our grammar lessons will focus on command sentences.
Descriptive Stories
The children wrote stories describing their Halloween costumes. As I mentioned before, we will be focusing on the traits of good writing this year. In writing descriptive stories the children were encouraged to think about word choice. When we explore word choice in the classroom, we focus on the parts of speech that writers use to convey meaning. It's about selecting words carefully to craft fluent sentences and create a lasting image in the reader's mind.
Reading Logs
Just to clarify, the logs go home at the beginning of the month. Each night as your child reads for at least 20 minutes they are to write down the title of the book they are reading. If they are reading a chapter book, which many of them are, they will write the same book down until they finish it. If they fill up the log sheet before the end of the month they can ask for another log sheet or you can add a piece of paper from home. They are to turn in their logs on the last school day of the month. Each month they will get a special reward. In September they ate lunch in the room. In October those who turn in their logs will be able to participate in "Pajama Day". A note will come home letting you know what day this will be.
MathWe will have a review of Chapter 4 on Tuesday. The test will be Wednesday. Thursday we will begin Chapter 5 on exploring 2 digit addition and subtraction. Knowing their facts is really important for this concept. Keep practicing!
Fire Safety Assembly
On October 14th, Lt. Tabiz from the Darien-Woodridge Fire Department reviewed fire safety with the children. As usual he did a great job of educating and entertaining the children.
Dates to Remember
Wednesday, October 20th, Early Dismissal
Friday, October 22nd, Ide PTO Halloween Party
Friday, October 29th, Halloween Parade and Parties
Tuesday, November 2nd, No School, Institute Day
Thursday, November 11th, Veterans Day, No School
Progress Reports were sent home on Friday, October 15th. Please sign and return to school.
Wednesday, October 20th, Early Dismissal
Friday, October 22nd, Ide PTO Halloween Party
Friday, October 29th, Halloween Parade and Parties
Tuesday, November 2nd, No School, Institute Day
Thursday, November 11th, Veterans Day, No School
Progress Reports were sent home on Friday, October 15th. Please sign and return to school.
Star of the Week
Sadie was our special student this week. Sadie has two brothers, Alex and Cooper. Some of Sadie's favorite things are the color pink, puppies, skating, music, and meatloaf. She likes the book Green Eggs and Ham and enjoys playing with her friends. Sadie shows others she cares by helping them. When she grows up Sadie would like to be a teacher.
Halloween
Our Halloween party is scheduled for Friday, October 29th. The children's parade will begin at 1:40 outside the school (weather permitting). Everyone is invited to come and watch. Our classroom party will start at 2:00 p.m. Students should bring their costumes to school in a bag on Friday. Please make sure your child is able to put on his/her own costume with relative ease. No make-up will be applied at school and no toy weapons of any kind are allowed.
