Friday, November 2, 2012

November 2, 2012

READING
Next week we will have theme the wrap up for the Nature Walk unit.  We will read a fiction and non-fiction selection on owls. 
            We will be working on the comprehension strategies of predict, infer, question, compare/contrast and monitor/clarify.
            Our vocabulary words are clearing, echo, meadow, pumped, owling, shadows, threading, rarely, and curved.
            In phonics we will be focusing on the long vowels o, u and e.
            In grammar we will be writing telling sentences and questions.

                                           MATH
           
            Our next chapter will be on two-digit subtraction.     We will be exploring how to subtract 1-digit numbers from 2-digit numbers and then subtracting 2-digit numbers from 2-digit numbers.  Please remember to practice flash cards daily.

 Reading Logs
Congratulations to all the children who read for 21 days in October.  We celebrated by earning a pizza hut coupon and watching a movie in our classroom.  I hope we can have 100% participation in November.

Student  of the Week
Jack is the Student of the Week!  He likes to run very fast, be very silly and he cares about others.    His favorite animal is a puppy and his favorite color is blue.   When Jack grows up he wants to be a Scientist.


Halloween Party
Thank you to Mrs. Matuzak for organizing our party.  Thank you to Mrs. Norkus and Mrs. Wirth for making our party a lot of fun with the activities and craft project.  Thank you Mrs. Burisek, Mrs. Wirth and Mrs. McGlynn for the treats.  We had a great time!

Parent/Teacher Conferences
        I enjoyed meeting with you this past week for conferences.  If you have any questions, just send me an email.

A NNOUNCEMENTS
November 5th – No School – Conferences
November 6th – Institute Day – No School
November 8th – Picture Retakes
November 12th – Veteran's Day – No School
Nov. 21, 22, 23 – Thanksgiving Holiday – No School