Our Week In Review

This was a fantastic week! We started off working on our Puff Mobiles. Everyone is doing a terrific job working together and cooperating. We are also learning the steps of the Engineering Process, and we are practicing those steps! Mrs. Merten can't wait to see our finished vehicles. Our race has been scheduled for Halloween!

In Math this week, we have been learning about landmark numbers. We learned new math terms. We are also practicing reading and writing large numbers and adding and subtracting big numbers. Our math test is scheduled for next week. (This is Miss Johnson teaching about MEDIAN ~ ask your child to explain how to do this.)

In Reading, we have been working on reading strategies, and conferencing with Mrs. Merten. We are still working on choosing Just Right books. This has been a bit challenging. We are working on making progress with this. Here is Collin giving a book talk this week!

This week we reviewed the Water Cycle, and today we planted terrariums! Everyone was really well behaved and worked so well together that we had a great time. We can already see the water cycle starting in our terrariums. We will observe our terrariums next week and in the weeks to come to see how they grow.

Today we shopped at our first STORE! Everyone enjoyed spending their chips on fun things. Thank you so much for all of the donations! The children really enjoyed them.

From the Teacher's Desk

The children have adjusted well to our expectations, and are working really hard to stay organized in school. One area that continues to be hard for some is homework. At school, we have moved away from checking everyone's assignment books and materials, to spot checking some for appropriate materials and assignment books.

Our students are expected to read the same book at home and at school daily. Therefore the book is an essential part of instruction. Forgetting a book or homework at home is considered a homework miss. If your child has forgotten his/her book or homework often, I have spoken to him/her about strategies to help to remember it. Some suggestions are to use a checklist at home, or to put a note on the door so that your child sees the note on his/her way out the door.

I hope your child has enjoyed the first month of school as much as I have. Please remember if you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to contact me at school. Have a wonderful long weekend!