The excitement has been building here, as I'm sure it has been at home ;)
Our work this week included making text-to-text connections, writing complete sentences, editing our writing, and streeeeeeetching out words so we can write them. We continued practicing place value and computation, and did a bit of review with comparing numbers. Some of the Trimester 1 targets we're working toward are counting to 120 by 1s, 5,s, and 10s, and writing pieces in sequence (beginning, middle, and end).
Special thanks to Zoe's family for donating two pumpkins to our classroom! We used them for this week's STEM lesson as we discussed observation and how we use our senses to make observations about our world. We focused on the senses of sight and touch for this lesson, and brainstormed words we can use when we write statements about our observations ("I see", "It feels", "I noticed", etc.).
On Tuesday, we will be attending an assembly in the morning up at the High School-please be sure that the kids wear comfy walking shoes :) . In the afternoon, Sergeant Fulton will be here to talk about Halloween Safety with us.
On Wednesday, Sophia's mom will be here to guide us through a kids' yoga session! Please help the kids choose clothes they can move in easily. :)
New book order forms are coming home today! They are due November 9th (a Thursday-no school Friday the 10th). Please be sure to submit them online or turn in a paper copy no later than that afternoon so I can place the whole order together. Thanks!! PS-I don't send a December order, as they don't always get back in time for the holidays. If you would like to order books that will be given to your child as gifts, just let me know and I can stash them here until you're able to pick them up. :) Our online classroom code is H63NZ.
The PTCFast link for conferences is now live: https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Windham_Primary_School_1
Several of the kids have indicated that they are coming to the Fall Festival here at WPS this weekend! I am also hoping to get in one last kayak trek before the weather changes. Whatever your weekend plans include, I hope you have time to relax and enjoy your family!
Becca
