Happy America Reads Day!

This week was a little crazy. Our field trip took up most of our day on Monday. On Tuesday, we celebrated filling our Brownie Point Tray with some extra time in the computer lab. We had a chance to meet and get to know Ms. Wild better on Wednesday. Today, we had America Reads Day. Tomorrow there is no school. 

We had a bunch of amazing readers and the kids loved each minute of being read to. 
Here is a run down from our busy day of reading: 
Travis Stearns- Arthur's Underwear by Marc Brown  
Mrs. Holmes- The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss 
Mrs. Johnson- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert 
                      N. Munch, There Was an Old Lady Who 
                        Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro, 
                       and The Hungry Thing by Jan Slepian and Ann Seidler
Ms. Heather- Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble  
                      by Judith Byron Schacher

Gretchen Henriksen- the chapter "Space Race" and 
                        Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, 
                        No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst  
Tresa Stearns- Sloppy Joe by Dave Keane

Thank you again, we appreciated it very much and enjoyed being read to by you all! :)

Math- This week we finished working on 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction and took a quiz over each. We will continue to review these throughout the entire school year. Today, we started our new Investigations unit called Collections and Travel Stories. So far we have created a thousands chart (a HUGE version of our hundreds chart). We will use this on almost every lessons. Ms. Wild will begin teaching math next week.

Reading- This week we read What do Illustrators do? by Eileen Chestelow.

This is an informative text which turns our attention to the visual side of creating a picture book. With a relaxed style and trademark humor, the author shows how an illustrator develops a book from rough sketches to finished artwork. In the book we follow two artists as they illustrate different versions of "Jack and the Beanstalk." The author uses a cat and dog to add a lot of factual information to the story while still making it humorous in places.

Writing- This week we on color coding our T-charts with green for the topic sentence and the conclusion sentence, yellow for the big ideas, and pink for give me more sentences. Give me more sentences work on adding key details that relate to our topic.

 

Science- This week we did not have much science time. However, we did have a chance to start planning our plant and bee models and determining what materials we may like to try and make them with. There may be items your child wishes to bring from home, if there was not something in my "craft box." We will be busy little bees making and presenting our models. 

Upcoming dates:
Friday, October 18th- No School, Professional Development All day

Monday, October 21st- Friday, October 25th looks like a quiet week as of right now. :) 

Tuesday, October 29th- Happy Birthday Justice and Vincent!
Wednesday, October 30th- Mrs. Yuska's birthday
Thursday, October 31st- Fall Party (usually 2:00-3:00) *Mr. Murphy is planning on sending a letter with more information. In the past student will come in from recess and change into their costumes. We will start a parade around the track outside around 2:15ish. We will come back into the classrooms to celebrate and have treats and games. The excitement usually goes up close to the time the bell rings. If you would not like your child to go home in their costumes, please let me know. It is usually easier to make sure all the pieces make it home that way. :) I am sure I will have more information coming your way.


Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Jodie Yuska