Oct. 19-23

   I hope that everyone gets to enjoy the extra days off and the wonderful weather.  We are back to business as usual, basically.   I will be gone Tuesday and Wednesday for conferences.  

A special thank you:  Thank you to everyone who was brave and came in to paint with us!

Reading:  Our story will be Gus and Grandpa and the Two-wheeled bike.

high freq. words:   coming, curve, idea, knee, laughed, million & word
vocab: defeated, impatiently, jubilant, master (as a verb), prying,                   rattling, rickety & romp
comprehension:  focus on making predictions
phonics:  look at long /a/ words and compound words

Spelling:  Long /a/ words (-ay and -ai)
pay, mail, paint, day, rain, stay, sail, way, train, & tray
challenge - mailbox, highway, daytime, raindrop & crayon

Social Studies:  We learned a lot about Columbus. Ask your child to share 3 new things that they learned!

Science:  We will try to look at what plants need and plant parts this week.

Math:  We have learned a lot about triangles.  Now we will be measuring the perimeter of squares, triangles and rectangles.  The kids love measuring whatever they can get their hands on!

Homework packet is due Friday.

Thanks everyone,
Jaime