Week of 10/25 - 10/29:
This week we will be rereading stories from the theme "Families". Rereadings enable a child to discuss a story's big ideas on deeper levels.

This weeks letter: "Aa"

We will be reviewing the sight words: I, a, my, the and go

We will be reviewing all our vocabulary words: feast, gusto, prepare, lonely, remind, preoccupied, appetite, savor, urgency, aroma, surround, tradition

In Math we will be using benchmarks to make estimations. We will be talking about the words estimate, more and fewer.

In Science we will be observing what is happening to our class tree.

In Social Studies we will be talking about the "gifts" a family gives each other. We will be making a Family Book.

I will be sending home conference slip reminders this week. All conferences will be Monday, November 8th. If you have any questions regarding your conference time, please feel free to contact me. I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you.

This week the students will be getting very excited for our Halloween celebration. There are some parents planning our class party which I know will be a great success. On Friday, October 29th, please have you child wear his/her costume to school. It will be a very fun day! The MWHS band will be performing their annual Halloween concert for the whole school at 9:00 am. Mrs. Swanson will follow with Halloween safety tips. Our class and Mrs. Schmitz class will parade around the 1st floor classrooms after the assembly is over. (Costumes may not be scary, bloody, or include weapons.)