October 17, 2008

READING
Next week we will be reading about a read park ranger from New York City and the things that he does each day as part of his job.
We will be working on the comprehension strategies of fact and opinion, rereading for understanding and making generalizations.
Our vocabulary words are exploring, protect, tours, habitat, ranger and urban.
In phonics we will be focusing on consonant clusters (r, l, s) and the two sounds for c.
In grammar we will be writing command sentences.

MATH
In math we have been working on number concepts and patterns. Next week we will be finishing our chapter on number patterns. Our chapter test will be on Thursday. Our next chapter will be on 2-digit addition. Please remember to practice flash cards daily.

Science
We started our chapter on Living and Nonliving things this week. We are discussing what living things need in order to survive.

Student of the Week
Endia is the Student of the Week! She likes chickens, babies and teddy bears. Endia wishes that she could have a dog. Her favorite color is blue. When Endia grows up she wants to be a Day Care owner.

Happy Birthday!

October 18 – Chris
October 19 - Dave

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oct. 22nd – Early Dismissal Day
Oct. 24th – Halloween Fun Fest
Oct. 31st – Halloween Parade and Party
Nov. 3rd – Red, White and Blue Day
Nov. 4th – Teacher Institute Day – No School
Nov. 6th – Picture Retake Day
Nov. 11th – Veterans' Day – No School