With the short week last week and spending all my free time gearing up for my daughter's birthday party over the weekend (oh my goodness, she turns 5 today, where does the time go?!?!?!? Next year I will have a Kindergartener!) I completely forgot about updating our class blog. Anyway, here is a brief overview of our week. Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween and hopefully no tummy aches!
News of the week:
Wednesday, October 31st- HAPPY HALLOWEEN! RED FMI shirt day has been moved to Friday due to Halloween!
Timeline for Halloween activities:
1:55-2:05 Last Recess
2:05 Students into classrooms to change into costumes
Parents welcome to the playground area or gym if raining
2:20 Start parade around the track
2:40 All classes should be done
Parents who are staying are welcome to come to the workroom
3:00 Students who need to change will do so
3:15 Dismissal
Friday, November 2nd- Wear RED FMI shirt (moved this week only due to Halloween)
Sunday, November 4th- Daylight Savings Time, you get an extra hour, please remember to reset your clocks and change the batteries in your smoke detectors!
Upcoming dates:
November 6th Picture retake day. If you are going to retake your picture you will need to send the
previous pictures back.
November 9th No School. Teacher Workday.
November 14th Early Out day 1:25 PM
Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up. You should be receiving a time request form home this week If you have questions, please call or email me. November 15th and 19th are the dates.
November 21st-23rd No School. Thanksgiving Break.
Math- We just wrapped up our unit on subtraction and took a few assessments for report cards. We will continue to visit these skills and facts throughout the entire year. Today we started talking about things that come in groups to kick off our multiplication unit.
Reading- Last week we read OPT:An Ilusionary Tale
by Arline and Joseph Baum. This selection is a royal fantasy of optical
illusions, a jester leads readers through the kingdom of OPT. Often in
rhyme, the jester's comments, directions, and questions guide the reader
to discover the illusions hidden in the illustrations. Today we will review vocabulary and take our unit test. Which is good because we have a busy week, tomorrow we are celebrating my birthday and enjoying our Brownie Point reward- a PIZZA PARTY! and Wednesday is our Halloween party. The rest of the week will be used for a lot of comprehension skill review.
Text Talk- Last week week we read Porkenstein
by Kathryn Lasky.
In the book, Dr. Smart Pig is tired of being lonely after the Big Bad
Wolf has eaten his two brothers so he decides to invent a friend. After a
few mistakes, he ends up with a large friend who helps him out. At the
end they dress up and go trick-or-treating. Words we discussed are:
creation, incredible, colossal, disbelief, creaky, and isolated.
Social Studies- Last week we talked a lot about maps. We discussed what view does a map show?, How are colors used as map symbols?, How do maps show natural features?, and How do maps show cultural features?
Today we discussed What is a globe? Starting tomorrow we are going to step away from our atlases, and start talking about the election process. Then on November 9th, I am planning on starting our new science unit, Ideas and Inventions. We will jump back into our atlases between science units again.
Mrs. Jodie Yuska
