Our year is going so smoothly in 2D! We had such a busy week- so busy that on Thursday afternoon everyone was practically asleep (You'll know which picture was taken on Thursday at dismissal when you check out this week's pictures)! The Halloween Howl is tonight, October 23rd! It should be a howling fun time! Don't forget that we have Holey Pumpkin Day this coming Friday, October 30th. Please have your child bring in their small pumpkin by Thursday, October 29th. Thank you for signing up for conferences. I look forward to meeting with all of you!
Reading
This week in reading we have started looking for adjectives in writing. We are paying close attention to how authors choose to write their books and how they make them interesting for readers. We have been recording the descriptive words we find in our just right books on sticky notes and then we share them with our reading buddies. It is important for us to start recognizing descriptive words as we read so we can begin adding them to our vocabulary and even our writing!
Writing
We have started a new unit in writing. We are beginning to write like authors. We have started working on narratives inspired by the author Kevin Henkes. We have taken time to think deeply about what we want to write about and we have decided our main characters. Starting on Monday we will be using graphic organizers to help organize our thinking before we start writing the first draft of our narrative! We continue to work on the craft of our writing. I can't wait to share your child's writing with you at conferences!
Math
We continue to work on strategies for adding and subtracting. We are also working on explaining our thinking after solving math problems. Explaining our thinking for math is very important. Please encourage your child to explain how they know answers to the problems they solve during homework. We have started writing out our thinking in class and there are usually a few questions that ask for explanations on the homework. We will continue to practice this skill!
Social Studies
We have begun learning about community. We have started with the basics and discussed what a community is and what makes up a community. To launch this unit we each created our own house. We will continue to learn about our community of Stratham. We are hoping to have guest speakers come into our classroom!
Science
We are starting to learn about rocks and minerals. We will be searching, observing, asking questions, sorting and experimenting with rocks in the upcoming weeks.
Dragonfly News
Mr. G has set our class up for the Seesaw app. As our technology integrator he is always finding amazing new tools to help us. This app is a school friendly way to start a digital portfolio of your child's work. I will post a link to our blog! There are some important dates coming up in the near future! Here are a list of upcoming events and dates so you can mark your calendars!
10/23/15- Halloween Howl at 6:30 (doors open at 6pm)
10/29/15- Picture Retakes (Please return your photo packet)
10/29/15- Picture Retakes (Please return your photo packet)
10/30/15- Holey Pumpkin Day & class party
10/30/15- Town of Stratham Trick-or-Treat (5-7pm)
11/5/15- Early Release and Parent Teacher Conferences (12:50pm Dismissal)
11/6/15- No School (Teacher Workshop)
11/11/15- No School (Veterans Day)
11/13/15- PTO Spaghetti Dinner and Bingo Night (6:30pm)
11/18/15- Early Release and Parent Teacher Conferences (12:50 Dismissal)
11/25-27/15- No School (Thanksgiving Break)
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