I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had a great time at the apple orchard on our field trip. It’s safe to say that a lot of apples were consumed!

Literacy:   Please remember to record the title of the book that your child reads each night.  Between last week’s field trip and the long weekend we will have lots to write about this week!  The students were excited to see some Halloween books appearing on the bookshelf. 

Math:  This week our numbers will be 25-28.  You can ask your child to show you a representation that we came up with in class or you can have them create their own representation.  You can also show them a representation (addition or subtraction equation, picture, tally marks) and ask them if it is correct or not.  If they decide you made a mistake ask them to show you how to correct it.  This not only teaches children to be analytical, it also provides an opportunity to model that we all make mistakes.

We are continuing to work on repeating patterns, identifying even and odd numbers and are revisiting 10 partners (numbers that add to make 10).  Making 10 is a valuable mental math strategy and one that we practice often.  The students are having lots of fun using our pumpkin ten frames to practice (pumpkin ice cube trays from the dollar store).  Add some eye ball ping pong balls and math is a lot more fun!

​Purposeful Play:  Today students worked in groups to make a plan for constructing a play kitchen for the classroom.  We learned about sharing our ideas and listening to the ideas of our groupmates.  Once we finalize our list of needed materials I'll let you know what items we are in need of.

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 8: No School, Happy Thanksgiving

Tuesday, October 9: Tots n Taters hot lunch

Wednesday, October 10: Library Books due

Thursday, October 11: Great Canadian Bagel hot lunch, Picture Day J

Friday, October 12:  Book Orders Due, Fire Safety/STAR student assembly:  Wear blue and white

Have a great week!