Poetry Contest-optional
Read the attached information to see if your child would like to participate in the Anthology of Poetry for Young Americans contest. We won't be doing this in class, so if your child would like the opportunity to participate, please send in their poem and other required information by November 10th and I will mail them in all together. Thanks and Good Luck!
Headphones from 2nd grade-
If you purchased headphones in 2nd grade, please send them to school for your child to use for our read naturally series. We will work on this in the computer lab. Thanks!
Book Orders:
Scholastic book orders were sent home on Tuesday. The orders are due on Tuesday, October 23rd. We are going to try something new this month. You can now order on-line (using my user name and password) or you can still send in the paper order and check and I will send it in. I prefer that you try and order the books on-line with your credit card number, but I will still be happy to send it in for you.
www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Username: spakausky
password: Books
PICTURE RETAKES:
are scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 30th . Students must have original picture packets in hand to have a retake. If your child was absent on the first picture day, they will have to have their original order envelope with them at the time of retakes.
October Spirit Days
10/26: Slipper Day
Goody Basket-
The Goody Basket is used as a reward system. If the student receives 5 tickets, they get to pick out of the special basket at the end of the day!
Donations for toys, pencils, and other items of interest are always appreciated.
Thanks to:
For donating to the basket this week!
Student of the Week
Paul H.
The categories that they will cover are:
Me
My Family
Special Friends
My Favorite Foods
Where I Live
Thing I Like to Do
When I Grow Up I’d like to
My Favorite Toys
How the special week works for your child:
Monday-put pictures up
Tuesday-share your board
Wed.-Read a favorite book (practice at home first)
Thursday-Show and Tell
Friday-Share a favorite snack
Spelling
Lesson 9-
We are back to the regular spelling routine and lesson 9 is next!
Reading-
We just finished up the story Mulan in reading. We also enjoyed watching the Disney version of the movie Mulan. We did an excellent job at comparing and contrasting the story Mulan that we read with the movie version.
Next week we will begin reading the story Lost and Found by Mark Teague. The class will be completing various activities associated with it. The skill that we will be focusing on during this story is sequencing.
Independent Reading Program
November-
Folders and Money ($3.00) for lunch are Due on-Thursday, 11/1!
Reading Party will be on Wednesday, 11/7 (change of date)!
This month the students have the option to order a kid's meal from Burger King. This is optional and the students can still bring a sack lunch or order hot lunch for the reading party!
***I need a parent volunteer to pick up Burger King on Tuesday, 11/6 at 10:45A.M.
Let me know:)
English-
We are continuing to learn about nouns in English. We have already discussed singular and plural nouns and we will be moving on to discuss possessive nouns in the singular and plural form. We are planning on having our Unit 2 test at the end of next week.
Writing
The writing prompt will be due on Thursday, October 25th!
Social Studies-
In social studies we have been discussing various communities within the United States. Next week we will begin our discussion on communities on other continents. We will continue to compare and contrast different communities to our own. This is the last section that we will be learning about before we take our unit test on communities!
Spakausky's Math Update-
We just finished learning about rounding and we started to make a class book on rounding numbers. We will be reviewing for our next checkpoint quiz. The quiz will be on Friday, October 19th. The quiz will cover even and odd numbers, ordinal numbers, place value and forms, as well as rounding.
Next week we will be working on understanding thousands, reading and writing four digit numbers, and comparing and ordering numbers.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Mrs. T. Spakausky
Miss Nabor
