It was certainly a blustery weekend and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change for the rest of the week.  Please make sure your child is coming to school each day prepared for the changing weather.

This is safe schools weeks so we will be practicing our safety procedures throughout the week. 

 I will be away on Friday, October 19 and Monday, October 22 and Ms. Robins will be the supply teacher. I will have access to my email, but if anything urgent arises please contact Mrs. Yerxa directly.

We are looking for take-out menus and grocery flyers that we can incorporate into our kitchen center once we have it built.  If you have either around the house that you would be willing to send it the class would appreciate it.

Literacy:   Please remember to record the title of the book that your child reads each night. 

Our No Excuses spelling words for the week are: you, with, they, or and had.  These are words that we are reviewing from the grade 1 list.  We practice them throughout the week in variety of ways.  Students are expected to spell these words correctly in their writing.

This week we are practicing retelling the beginning, middle and end of our read aloud stories.  You can ask your child to do this after reading at home as well.  We are working on retelling only the key parts of the story rather than reciting the story word for word.

Math:  This week our numbers will be 29-33.  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.  Understanding place value and the different ways a number can be represented lead to a stronger understanding of addition and subtraction.

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 Halloween fun continues in math this week with foam stickers for pattern making.  Ask your child to tell you about the 10 partner Scoot! activity that we did in the gym last Friday.

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 15:  

Tuesday, October 16: Tots n Taters hot lunch

Wednesday, October 17: Library Books due

Thursday, October 18: Great Canadian Bagel hot lunch, picture order forms due back. Please let me know if you would like to have retakes done.

Friday, October 19: Tots n Taters hot lunch, LHHS leadership groups start, Ms. Robins in to supply

Have a great week!​