October Newsletter

Reminders

10/16-No School for kid



10/30-Schools close 3 hours early

*Fall Festival/Halloween Party

*Please send in a smock for your child if you have not done so yet.

Phonics

My readers are working on short vowel sounds and blends.

Reading

We have started our hour of power.  Students rotate everyday between 20 minutes of small group reading, centers and independent work.  We continue on with whole group reading.  The students are working hard on sequencing, identifying story elements, main idea and details and determining fiction vs nonfiction texts.

Math

My mathematicians are working hard on number sense, addition story problems, as well as adding and subtracting.  They are doing a fantastic job working together and explaining their work to the class!

Explaining our Work

My Little Mathematicians

Students came up to the ELMO to show their work to the class and explain their thinking.

Lilly

Lucas

 

Avery

Jake

Freya

 

 Ashton

Johnny Appleseed Day

What a FANTASTIC FRIDAY we all had!

We spent the day learning about Johnny Appleseed and apples.  Students moved around from class to class, making applesauce, tasting apples, and learning.  In the afternoon, we made a Johnny Appleseed puppet and ate our delicious applesauce.  It was wonderful!

Learning About Johnny Appleseed

Making Applesauce!

After tasting the apples the students graphed their favorite.

Eating the yummy applesauce:)

 

*Ben sporting Ms. Lahey's favorite football team THE GIANTS!!



Hour of Power

Reading Time: Hour of Power

We have started our "hour of power" (20 minutes reading with Ms. Lahey, 20 minutes of independent work, 20 minutes at a center).  The students are doing a FANTASTIC job following directions and working hard.



Fall Acorn Writing!

We worked hard to write what we like about fall.  Then we put together our beautiful acorn writing craft.



Animal Friday

Lions Lions Lions!

We learned that lions sleep 20 hours a day!

 



Math in Ms. Lahey's Room

We are really getting into our unit 1 materials!  Students are playing different "games" to strengthen their number sense and addition skills.

 

 

James and Grace explaining their addition equations to the class!