Dear families,
I've finally found time to write. Yeah! Thank you all for coming to parent teacher conference. It's always nice to meet the families of the children.

FYI:

1. The kids will be out of school from October 16th through the 22nd. They will return on the 23rd. When you see all the teacher's cars here before then, don't panic! We have training on the 21st and 22nd.

2. Red ribbon week is October 27th through the 31st. Watch for daily events through the PTA blog.

CURRICULUM:

• reading: This month we are working on "fix-up" strategies to help with comprehension.

• math: We are on chapter 2 - working with numbers to 1000.

• Spanish: Counting to 100 is our ultimate goal. Right now the kids are trying to memorize numbers to 20. Then we will learn the skip count by 10 numbers. Finally we will color in a "color by number" picture...all in Spanish.

• language: We are still working on sentence expansion. We are almost ready to start extending our sentences at the spelling center.

• writing: Our first BIG writing is coming up - our Cinderella stories. These take almost three weeks to complete. First background, then planning, followed by a rough draft. The kids will get their first taste at self-editing and rewritiing. Finally comes the final copy and cover. It is quite extensive, but well worth it on the growth end of things.

• science: Today we began our moon unit. It is just fun. We try our hand at research and sharing new ideas we find.

Have a great holiday / family time.

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Carolyn Olenslager