Newsletter 10/12/17

Our Weekly Learning            10-12-17
News and Information FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL TOMORROW We will be having a canned food drive next week to help those in our community that are in need.  You can send in items any day next week if you are able to help. Next week is our Fall Book Fair this is a great time to get new books your child may be interested in reading. Our class will visit the book fair on Thursday or you can shop with your child after school on Monday or Tuesday.  If you send money in for your child to spend, please put it in a bag or envelope with their name and label it “Book Fair”. READING CHALLENGE- The students enjoyed the read a thon and we will be starting our 2nd quarter reading challenge soon! Be sure to save your BOX TOPS and send them to school with your child.  Parent Teacher Conferences are Monday and Wednesday, October 16th-18th. Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch on October 25th! Please return permission slips and $5 to school by Wednesday, October 18th.
Language Workshop We started a very magical unit this week on fairy tales. We have been talking about story elements in our stories. We also learned that a pronoun takes the place of a noun.	Math Workshop This week we continued our module on Sums and Differences to 10. We focused on doubles and doubles plus one facts.  We have learned several strategies to help us add numbers.
Writing Workshop This week we started our opinion writing. The students are defending their opinion on whether or not first graders should have a bedtime. They have to state their opinion and give 2 reasons why.	Word Study We are spending this time working on knowing the difference between short vowels and long vowels in a word.
Next Week Next week we will continue our fairy tale unit with different versions of Cinderella. We will also continue the writing process by publishing and start a new opinion piece.	Important Dates Parent Teacher Conferences- 10/16-10/17 Canned Food Drive- 10/16 - 10/20 Book Fair- 10/16 - 10/20 Field Trip 10/25