Coming up:
- Star Student: Logan Dirkse
- Monday, 10/24 - Friday, 10/28: MSU vs. UofM Coin War. Please send in your loose change!
- Friday, October 28: U of M school spirit day. Oops, I mean U of M or MSU school spirit day! :)
- Monday, October 31: Halloween Party at 9am
- Friday, November 4: Early Release Day
- Wednesday and Thursday, November 9-10: Parent/Teacher Conferences (be sure to return your confirmation slip ASAP)
What we have been working on:
- Reading: We started our work with reading partners last week. We also worked on comparing two books, incorporating our vocabulary word, and searched for words that make the /o/ sound as in boat, rode, and tow and recorded them in our reader's notebooks.
- Writing: Last week we continued work on our small moment stories. I am amazed by the work I am seeing! Continue to encourage your child to "say as they write" anytime they are writing at home. Their practice is paying off. This coming week we will wrap up our first story, move onto a new story, and work on adding details to sentences.
- Math: We will be wrapping up unit 2 this coming week. We are projected to take our unit 2 test this Friday. Your child will bring home their unit 2 review on Thursday. Please plan to spend some time reviewing and practicing some of the problems Thursday evening. Whiteboards are a great way to do this.
- Science: We wrapped up our study of matter this week. Your child may have asked to become a scientist at home by exploring magnets, or seeing if things sink or float!
- Vocabulary: Or word of the week was compare, to find likeness in two or more things.
- WEB Books: I hope this has been a successful experience for your child. Continue to have your child read each night, and return and select a new book daily. We have a few students who need to become more regular with this. I am in the process of assessing student levels for report cards. Some students may bump up a level, some may bump up several levels. Students are usually quite excited when they do, so I am sure they will let you know!
- Whiteboard Practice: To extend our practice reading and writing words with the /o/ sound, we discussed the concept of homophones this week. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and mean different things. We looked at the words rode and road. When we said the sounds in each word it was exactly the same, however when we started spelling it out it was different! To help us understand the meanings and to be sure we could remember the spellings, we first put a dot under each 1-letter sound and a dash under each 2-letter sound. Then we drew a picture next to each word. To wrap up, we wrote a sentence trying to use both words in the correct context! (see picture) This would be a great activity to do at home with other homophones such as: ate/eight, be/bee, to/two, or any others! Be sure your child is saying those sounds out loud as they write each word in their sentence. Also be sure to correct handwriting and spelling errors!
- Halloween Reminder: Our party will be taking place first thing in the morning at 9am. Students are asked to wear their costumes to school that day. This should be over their clothes. Once the party is over, students will remove their costumes and place them in their backpacks. (Any parents in attendance may take costumes home.) Any questions, please let me know.
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