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Enjoy reading all about our week!

Literacy

This week, the children had two close reading lessons with books about twisters. We read a realistic fiction book, titled Twisters. During the reading, the children worked on visualizing. They shared what they were picturing or imagining in their mind. The children recorded their visualizations on a graphic organizer, they included illustrations and a sentence describing what they imagined. 

With our nonfiction text, also titled Twisters!, the children worked on identifying nonfiction text features and how they help us to gain more information on the topic.

Grammar:

The children continued to work with sentence structure during grammar this week. They had to determine if the sentences were statements. The children learned that a statement is a sentence that tells something and it has to begin with a capital and end with a period. 

Writing

This week, the children zoomed in on their favorite small moment and began writing. The children will take this piece all the way through the writing process. They are currently working on their rough draft where they sketch pictures, label, and write their story. Next week, they will reread their story and work on adding additional detail. The children will also go back and stretch out words that they did not know how to spell. Ask your child what their small moment is, try and help them recall the event in great detail. This will help them zoom in even further and add important details to their writing next week. 

Math 

In Math, the children worked with exchanging pennies for nickels. They were introduced to change to more number stories and change to less number stories. The children also learned how to write addition and subtraction number models. 

Next Monday, the children will review all the concepts from Unit 2 using Mimio vote. They will take their Unit 2 math test on Tuesday. I will send them home by the end of next week. 

Science

This week, the scientists worked with thermometers to measure temperature. They measured the temperature of their hands, the air, and water. They discussed what they noticed about the thermometers and the different temperature readings. They recorded the temperatures using the thermometer color scale. 

Later in the week, the scientists worked with understanding how water changes from a liquid to a solid and back again. They experimented with placing small objects into a glass of water and observing what happens when they freeze. They learned that freeze means to change from a liquid to a solid. 

Today, the scientists experimented with their frozen ice. They explored different ways of making their ice melt. The scientists came up with many different techniques: breathing on it, rubbing it, using salt, wrapping their hands around it, carving it into smaller pieces, and running it under warm water. They learned that the term melt means to change from a solid to a liquid. 

Star Student

Mason was our star student this week. Thanks Mason for sharing all about you!

Royal Reader

Thank you to Mason’s Mom, she joined us this week as our Royal Reader. The children enjoyed listening to two wonderful books, The Day the Crayons Quit and When I Grow Up.

Happy Birthday

This week, we celebrated two birthdays. Happy Birthday to Brooke and Mary!  

Notes:

• Remember our pumpkin carving day is October 23rd at 2:15. I look forward to seeing all our parent/ family volunteers. Please remember to bring a large scooping spoon! 
• We kicked off Character Counts/Red Ribbon Week today! It will continue next week. Everyone is invited to wear a special color each day of the week to promote each Character Counts pillar:

*Monday, October 20--Wear YELLOW for RESPECT

*Tuesday, October 21--Wear RED for CARING

*Wednesday, October 22--Wear BLUE for TRUSTWORTHINESS

*Thursday, October 23--Wear ORANGE for FAIRNESS

*Friday, October 24--Wear PURPLE for CITIZENSHIP

Have a great weekend!