Oct. 28 – Nov.1, 2013

Language Arts	Math	Science/SS/Health/Writing
Our story this week is titled: Our story this week is titled: Farfallina & Marcel. Some of the skills we will be working on are: Long i (igh, ie, y), Using a Thesaurus/Synonyms, Making Inferences, Possessive Nouns, and Apostrophes. Spelling list for the week: light, high, sight, wild, mind, dry, cry, try, tie, lie, stay, wait, group, important, only. Our test will be on Thursday and our homework is due on Friday.	In Math this week, we will be working “Pumpkin Math.” We will be measuring & weighing our pumpkins. We also will be making pumpkin clocks and working with our telling time. **Please send a small or medium size pumpkin to school by Tuesday.	In Writing this week we will be writing about and describing our pumpkins. * We will begin Junior Achievement this week on Monday. Kevin Talley from Innovative Systems is our Jr. Achievement volunteer. He will be coming in to teach 5 lessons on communities and how they work.

Special Events/Reminder * Please make sure your child is reading from their book in a bag for at least 15 min. a day. This is part of their daily homework and Mrs. Hart is recording in the grade book if they are reading on a daily basis. I know things come up and sometimes we aren’t able to fit it in, but it is so important that we encourage our kids to read every day. Thanks for helping with this. **Please send a small or medium size pumpkin to school by Tuesday, Oct. 29^th, Thanks! * Student of the week will be Lindsay. She may bring pictures to put up on the “Star” board.

Dates to Remember * Nov. 11^th- No School- Veteran’s Day * Nov. 22^nd – NO School * Nov. 25^th – 1^st-2^nd – Musical 6:30/7:30 pm * Nov. 28^th & 29^th – Thanksgiving Break ** We will begin our Halloween Party at 2:15. Your child may bring their costume to change into at that time. No face paint, colored hair, weapons, or fake blood allowed. If you would like to provide a treat, drink, plates, or napkins, please let me know.