Spanish - Mrs. K. is asking the students to bring in a family picture.  Please have your student bring a photo if they haven't yet.

Spelling - Bonus Letters

shell

bell

hill

chill

cuff

puff

toss

miss

mass

mess

Phonics - We are learning about bonus letters.  A bonus letter is a doubled f, l, or s at the end of a word.  The bonus letter is usually used if it is a one syllable word, the word has one short vowel, and the word ends with f, l, or s. 

Writing - We continue to practice working on handwriting.  We work on forming the letters the correct way, using the correct lines, writing neatly, and using good spacing.  We are also working in our October journals.  We practice using a capital letter for the beginning of the sentence, using punctuation at the end of the sentence, using good spacing, and adding more details to our sentences.

Religion - Our October virtues and values are trustworthiness and sincerity.  Our Promise Paper this week focused on our church.  We learned about what some things in our church our - such as the tabernacle and the holy oils.  We had a list of things to learn about - and then we did a church search.  We went over to church to find all of the items.  Our Promise Paper also had a game we played.  Friday we learned about St. Francis and we had the blessing of the pets.

Science - We are finishing up our sound centers.  This coming week we will have our light centers. Our last job was to write about what we have learned about sound in our launch logs.

Math - We are working on our plus 1 facts.  We also learned about graphs and made our own graphs.  

Read-Aloud - We finished our first chapter book of the year.  We read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Then we watched the movie from 1971.  We learned that many things in the movie were different from the book!  We are now reading Junie B. Jones - First Grader at Last!

Reading - In word work we have worked on ABC order, rhyming, and practicing spelling words.  The students are working hard on writing, reading, and listening to stories.  While the students are working in their daily 5 centers, groups of students meet with teacher and we work on reading strategies, comprehension,  and fluency.

The therapy dogs are back!  We had our first visit with Sassy and Mr. Paul!

The auction is coming up!  On Friday we worked with our 

4th grade buddies to create our auction project.  We are making a wind chime.

Sample of what we hope to create :)

And our Friday Fun Time message!

Have a great week!