A Halloween TREAT from me is no homework on Halloween night! The regular Monday night word work assignment and word list will be sent home on Tuesday.
We will be going on our first field trip this Wednesday morning. We will be traveling by bus to the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University. We hope to leave school by 9:10 so that we can get there and be seated for the 10:00 show. We will return to school in time for lunch. Thank you to ES's mom and CH's mom for chaperoning.
Reading Workshop: We will be reading and enjoying the Henry and Mudge series of books this week. We will learn about Cynthia Rylant, the author of this fun series. The books in this series are a great example of the Realistic Fiction genre.
Writing Workshop: Last week we had a great time doing some Halloween related writing activities. This week we will begin our second unit of the year on Realistic Fiction. Your child will be using his/her imagination to write stories where they are in charge of 'inventing' characters, setting, problem and solution. Realistic Fiction are stories that are make-believe, but they could happen in real life.
Math: This week's topics are: Working with Prices on a Graph, Solving Problems involving Money and Measuring with Cubes. Each child will be working with their coin collection.
Second Steps: This week's lesson is on Identifying Feelings. Your child is learning how to pay attention to other people's faces and bodies to figure out what they are feeling. Here are some things to try at home:
- Make a face and have your child guess how you might be feeling
- Have your child make faces for you to guess
- Name feelings in everyday conversation (ex: I'm worried because I can't find my
keys and I don't want to be late.)
- Talk about TV/movie/book characters' feelings (ex: Goldilocks must have felt so
scared to wake up to bears above her bed.)
Homework
Monday 10/31
Have fun trick-or-treating!
Tuesday 11/1
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Fall Word Work
Wednesday 11/2
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Henry and Mudge Trip Review
Thursday 11/3
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Review words for tomorrow
Have a great week!
