October Happenings

Happy Halloween!

Dates & Reminders:

*Class Pictures: 10/3

*Yom Kippur/ No School: 10/9

Red Ribbon Week: 10/20-24 *Details coming soon!

Day Conferences/ No School: 10/27

Themes:

Fire Safety

Friends

Pumpkins

Halloween

    Language Arts Routines:

    Shared Reading (Poetry Journal)

    Interactive Writing (Class News)

    Interactive Read Aloud

    Word Work/Handwriting

    Reading Workshop:

    Mrs. Cherubino "caught" the children being good readers and snapped photos! The class brainstormed a list of things we already know about what good readers do! We have begun to lengthen our reading time by having an independent reading time and a buddy reading time!

    Writing Workshop:

    The children have been working as authors and illustrators by using sketches (and sometimes words) to tell stories from their own lives. They have learned how to make their stories even better by adding details and showing "who" and "where". We chose our favorite story to "fancy-up" and will share them with Mrs. Brouhle's class for our first writing celebration!

    Math:

    *Counting/ Number Sense

    *Pattern Blocks/ Patterning

    *Comparing Heights/Sizes

    *Sorting

    Family Letter 1

    Family Letter 2

    Science & Social Studies:

    *Five Senses

    *Fire Safety

    *Fall Changes

    *Meeting our Book Buddies from Mrs. Whitman's 4th Grade!

    *Word Wall Words to review:

    at, it, is, I, the, that

    Our Power Names Chart is complete! Ask me to share things we learned about our names!

    Odds & Ends:

    *Just a friendly reminder that Reynolds School encourages healthy snacks and birthday treats!

    *Please empty your child's folder every day.

    **Please see unit letters and notes sent home throughout the month for additional highlights.

    **Look for Author Day information and DePiero's Field Trip reminders!