Pumpkin Fun!

The students had a blast at our Pirate Party on Friday.  Thank you to Serenity’s Mom,  Ms. Marina.  The students enjoyed playing “Pin the Patch on the Pirate”, “Monkey Toss” and “Monster Toss.”  The student’s received prizes at each game.  The students each received a pirate bandana and mustache.
It was great to see everyone at Harvest Fest!  Thank you to the following parents for helping at our booth:  Ms. Jeannie (Jayden’s Mom), Ms. Marina (Serenity’s Mom), Ms. Tayzha (Eric’s Mom) and Miss. Chantel (Azailyah’s Mom).


This week we will be studying:
• Reviewing letters Mm, Tt
• Identifying beginning and ending sounds of a word
• Numbers 1-50
• Counting by 10s – (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100)
• Counting – starting at a given number and stopping at a given number
o Start at 6 and end at 19
• Bats and spiders
• Pumpkins

Marshmallow Sculptures

The students were busy last week.  Please have your student read the book Jack-O-Happy to you.   Also, the students made spiders that are displayed on the spider web in our classroom.
Last week the students made marvelous Marshmallow sculptures.  Please visit my blog to see pictures of the sculptures.  The students learned about Christopher Columbus and made one of his ships.
Please save baby food jars or small jars for our classroom.  We will be doing a special craft/present for the holiday.
We will be having a Halloween party in our classroom.  The students discussed what they would like to eat.  Please sign up on our door to bring in a special treat for our party.
Friday Party in the classroom from 1:30 – 3:15:
• A big THANK YOU to Valeria’s Dad for volunteering to help in our classroom.
• We still need 4 more volunteers.
HARVEST FEST: Friday night from 6-8
• A big THANK YOU to Jayden’s family for signing up to help out at our booth.
• Our class needs adult volunteers to help out at our booth.
• It is a fun night and the students love seeing all their friends.

This week our class will be studying:
• Letter Tt
• Identifying nouns – person, place, or things
• Vocabulary words: Scooping, swooshing, squelching, gobbling, spinning, and rumbling
• Sight words:  I, am, little, a, to, have, see
• Growing pattern – (1blue, 1 red, 2 blue, 2 red, 3 blue, ____)
• Bats
• Spiders
• Pumpkins

Last week, the class learned 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.  I read different stories based on The 3 Little Pigs.  Please have your student retell the story of The Three Little Pigs.
Conferences are going great!  Thank you for making sure you are on time.  Report cards will go home on Friday.
This week we will be studying:
• Letters Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx,Yy, Zz
• Numbers 1-25
• Fairy Tales
• Spiders
• Fall/Autumn

Ms. O’Hare’s
SNACK LIST
Please bring in 30 individually wrapped healthy snacks.
Thank you!  
Fri. Oct. 4 – Aaniya
Fall Break
Mon. Oct. 14 – Adel
Tues. Oct. 15 – Alani
Thurs. Oct. 17 – Anthony
Fri. Oct. 18 – Anthony W.
Mon. Oct. 21 – Araceli
Tues. Oct. 22 – Aubrianna
Thurs. Oct. 24 – Azailyah
Fri. Oct. 25 – Ms. O’Hare
Mon. Oct. 28 – Caleb
Tues. Oct. 29 – Damon
Thurs. Oct. 31 – Derrick
Fri. Nov. 1 – Emma
Mon. Nov. 4 – Eric
Tues. Nov. 5 – Evelyn
Thurs. Nov. 7 – Janiyah
Fri. Nov. 8 – Jeremiah
Tues. Nov. 12 – Joseph
Thurs. Nov. 14 – Kaliyah
Fri. Nov. 15 – Kaylee
Mon. Nov. 18 – Landin
Tues. Nov. 19 – Lauren
Thurs. Nov. 21 – Logan
Fri. Nov. 22 – Madison
Mon. Nov. 25 – Moises
Tues. Nov. 26 – Ronnie
Mon. Dec. 2 – Serenity
Tues. Dec. 3 – Valeria
Thurs. Dec. 5 – Aaniya
Fri. Dec. 6 – Adel
Mon. Dec. 9 – Alani
Tues. Dec. 10 – Anthony
Thurs. Dec. 12 – Anthony W.
Fri. Dec. 13 – Araceli
Mon. Dec. 16 – Aubrianna
Tues. Dec. 17 – Azailyah
Thurs. Dec. 19 – Caleb
Fri. Dec. 20 – Damon
WINTER BREAK
Mon. Jan. 6 – Derrick

Week of 9-23-13

   WOW!!  I loved all the creative “All About Me” posters.  The students did a great job sharing their posters.
The students made a project to go along with the Nursery Rhyme “The women who lived in a shoe.”  Please have your student show it to you tonight.  
Parent teacher conferences:
• Everyone needs to sign up for a conference.  The conference gives me an opportunity to explain and discuss report cards and talk about your student’s progress.
BOOK ORDERS:
• When you buy a book,  I get points.  I am then able to buy books with the points.
• There are some great books for under $5 or even a $1
Fire Drill:
• Our class is working on not talking, staying with the class, and not covering their ears.


This week we will be studying:
• Letters A- Z
• Numbers 1-25
• Counting to 40
• Math – more, fewer, same
• Fairy tales
• Rhyming words
• Sight words: at, on,