The students made placemats for Thanksgiving and Turkeys to help decorate their homes. 

Holiday Help Needed:

·         I will need some help tracing from parents at home.

·         If you are able to help, please send me a note 

                I will be testing each student for the 4^th quarter report card the 2^nd week of December.  I will be testing them on the following letters and letter sounds:  Ll, Oo, Gg, Aa, Bb, Cc, Mm, Tt, Ss.  Also, I will be testing them on identifying color words, numbers 1-50 and the following sight words:  the, a, I, is, to, am, little, have, see, at, on, we, like.  Please go over the above information with your student.

Thanksgiving Feast:

·         Please bring in a $1.00 for the stuffing.

This week we will be studying:

·         Review – L, O, G, A, B, C, M, T, S

·         Counting to 50

·         Writing numbers to 50

·         Identifying the setting and main characters

·         Sight words: have, see, at, on, we, like

·         Thanksgiving

·         Autumn/fall

Thank you to the families of the following students for either bringing in a pumpkin or buying items for our Halloween party:  Serenity, Jayden, Emma, Azailyah, Ronnie, Eric, Adel, and Landin.  

The students dissected 5 pumpkins.  The students sorted the pulp from the seeds and measured the circumference of each pumpkin.  Also, we graphed the size of each pumpkin.  Please look on my blog for pictures.  

Today in your student’s folder there is information regarding your student.  Please look over the following assessments.  Please reinforce any highlighted areas.  Please continue to work with your student at home.  It really does make a significant difference. 

This week we will be studying:

• Letter Aa

• Identifying the beginning and ending sounds in words

• Sounding out the parts of a word

• Sight words: have, see, at, on 

• Autumn

• Thanksgiving

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