This week we will be working with the letter M. Please have your child find a few pictures of things that start with M and bring them in for our dictionaries. We will also be doing a lot of fun activities with apples this week. Be sure to get the new page into the Phonics Notebook and keep reading them. Please send 1 apple in on Monday. Red, yellow, or green—the bigger the better. We will be using them for making graphs, and comparing using the terms: “more”, “less”, “fewer” and “equal”. We will also be exploring ordinal numbers as well as position words. You’ll be amazed at how much we can do with apples!
In science, we will continue to talk about the changing season, and we might also have some fun with magnets.
In social studies, we will be talking about Christopher Columbus since Columbus Day is coming up on October 10. (Not a school holiday )
We are in the process of setting up conferences for the week of October 24-28. A letter with your specific assigned time will come home on Friday, October 7. If you have a preference, now is the time to let me know. I will do my best to accommodate you.
Monday is Baker night at Sweet Tomatoes. A form is coming home today. You must present this form when you go Monday night in order for Baker to receive their 20% credit for your participation.
There is also a form for "Book-It" in your child's folder. This is a program sponsored by Pizza Hut to encourage your child to read (or be read to) at home. Our goal each month is 20 books. Just write down the titles of the books that you and your child read together and send the completed form back at the end of the month. If your child returns the form with 20 books listed, they will receive a coupon good for one personal pan pizza. I will send a new form home with the calendar each month. The program runs from October through March, 2012.
It’s hard to believe we are into a new month again! I am loving this cooler weather! I hope everyone has a great week!
