Weekly Update 10/13

Happy October everyone!

The air is getting crisp, leaves are turning color, it must be time for...conferences!

Today letters went home with your assigned date and time for conference.  It is on a bright orange sheet of paper.  Please send the bottom portion back ASAP.  If for some reason your time does not work, please let me know so I can reschedule you the best I can.  Both you and your child need to be present so we can work as a team and set goals for this year.  I am super excited to meet with each of you!

Math

In math we are starting to work on 2-digit multiplication.  We've been working with base 10 pieces to visualize the multiplication.  Now we are drawing our arrays on grid paper.  Homework will be going home today, Wednesday and Friday.  As always, homework is due two days after it is assigned.

Reading

Today we added another big piece to our daily 5 puzzle.  We are now rotating through Read to Self, Read with a Buddy, Word Work and Work on Writing.  There are mini lessons scattered throughout the rotations to introduce new topics and ideas for the kids to practice as we build our stamina and literacy independence.

I'm also excited to announce that I have started taking additional classes to work towards my reading endorsement.  I'm excited to take what I'm learning about the latest research in literacy education and put it to use right away to help your child become a better reader and a better writer.

Spelling

I do apologize for the list getting up so late this week.  There was a glitch in the system and it never went through.  Students do receive the new list in their planners as well.  I was hoping to put up the worksheets that I have as well, but due to copyright permissions, I cannot.  Please let me know if you want your child to work on these sheets.  I will be happy to make copies for them to take home.

Other News!!

• Our class won a party from the summer read-a-thon!  On Friday, October 17th, we will be having root beer floats and pajama day!!

• Don't forget about the classroom activity fee!  This helps pay for field trips and other fun activities for the class to do all year.

I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

Excelsior!
~Ms. B