Week of October 24-28

Dear Parents,

What a wonderful first week learning our sight words! The students put in such a lovely effort to their classwork, and I can assume at home as well, to learn the three words. It was very evident on their spelling tests. I was very pleased... and so were they!

Along with our phonics excitement, we also had a great week exploring the numbers 8, 9, and 10. We talked about those numbers in terms of what they “feel” like and we solved math problems - adding and subtracting our way to some fun and interesting results.

This week we will be adding three new words to our “high frequency word” list and beginning our first math workbook.  Our week looks like this:

1.  Phonics 

• review letters K and L (practice our penmanship and word building skills)
• learn about and memorize spelling for HE, A, and I (spelling practice test on Wednesday and test on Friday)

2.  Math

• begin Harcourt Math workbook, Chapter 1: Sorting and Classifying (sorting objects that are alike in some way)

3.  Science

• learn how to describe an object by the material it is made out of and their physical properties 

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party in on Monday, October 31st. While our party doesn’t officially start until 1:30 pm, here is the schedule for the afternoon’s festivities:

10:00 School-wide Costume Parade*

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Story and Art Project

Our Party Begins!!!

1:30 Relay Games

2:00 Tactile Story

2:30 Decorate Halloween Cookies

*Parents are welcome to stay with us after the parade and through lunch. If anyone would like to bring special treats, etc. during lunch time, feel free. Our party begins at 1:30 after the kids have had a chance to digest their food and rest a little (with a story and an art project).

Thank you for those of you who signed up to help during the party:

Game Helpers (1:30-2:30)

Lisa Stacey

Danielle Biel

Bringing Edible Decorations for our Cookies

Ji Sun Stetson

Christine Coles

Danielle Tew

Lisa Stacey

Party Volunteers (1:30-3:00)

Heidi Downen

Troy Stacey

If you have the afternoon off work, please join us... we’re going to have a spook-tacular time!

As Always...

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to email me, stop by the classroom, talk to Ms. Diane, or leave a comment on our blog.  Please become a “follower” of our blog and “like” our school’s Facebook page, if you haven’t already done so.

Have a terrific week!

Mrs. Stuhr

*** Homework is due Friday, October 28th (not 27th)