Please remember to sign and return your child's report card envelope on Monday. I'm looking forward to meeting with parents to discuss your child's progress on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday. Thank you for completing the parent homework to provide your input for the conferences.
Also, an email was sent out regading photo retakes on November 15th. Please contact the office if you're interested.
Writing:
Next week students will be using a photograph during a unit of study in our Writing Workshop. I am asking that each child bring in one photograph to class by Wednesday, 11/7. The photograph should be a candid shot of a special memory in your child's life. It does not have to be a momentous occasion or event. However, it should be special and recent enough that your child rememebers the details of the memory.
Once you and your child decide on a photograph, I would suggest that the two of you talk about the photograph. Talk about the who, what, when, where...as well as any other details about the memory. Do not create a list but instead have a conversation. If you realize your child can't remember much without your help, then perhaps it's not a good photograph for this lesson.
Please label the photograph with your child's name and send it in an envelope. Please DO NOT email electronic photos. Photos will be returned after we complete this unit of study. Thank you for your cooperation.
Math:
We will continue to use the new homework format, with a new sheet of problems going home on Monday. Place value has been our target skill for the past week and I've added some of the games we played in class under the math links. Please check them out. Next week, we will focus on time.
Reading:
2G finished the month of October with every student meeting their reading goal! Rewards will be coming home soon. Keep reading and recording your minutes for the month of November.
Mr. Putter & Tabby
Your child is reading Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane by Cynthia Rylant. In this story, Mr. Putter, an elderly man who loves toys, buys a radio-controlled toy plane. He hopes to fly it because he has always wanted to fly a plane, but he has never had the opportunity to do so. His cat, Tabby, is not happy because toys that move make her nervous. Mr. Putter tries three times to fly his new plane, without success. These failures make Mr. Putter sad, and he declares that old men shouldn’t have toys. Seeing how sad Mr. Putter has become, Tabby rubs against his leg to cheer him up. Mr. Putter tries once more to fly the plane, and this time he succeeds.
Please encourage your child to read Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane over the weekend. Please make sure that your child returns his/her book on Monday. Vocabulary Power precedes the story.
Focus Skill: Predict Outcomes
Vocabulary Power:
cranes-machines with long, movable arms used to lift things
directions-instructions on how to do something
promise-statement made by a person telling that he or she will do something
twitch-to move with a sharp, quick movement
worry-to think that bad things may happen
