October 20, 2017

I cannot believe we are halfway through October! Where has the time gone?

We have had a great time exploring plants and trees this week. On Tuesday Ms. P from the Burlington Science Center came to visit and she took us on a tree walk in our playground. We saw different types of trees and their parts. Students created a book on their iPads taking different pictures.

Today we explored our plants in our classroom- focusing our conversation on the roots of plants. We talked about why the roots are important, what they do for a plant, and guessed how big roots would be of different plants. 

We finished topic 1 in math. We did an assessment today on the iPads. We will begin topic 2 on Monday. Topic 2 will have us work on math fluency to 10. You can practice at home by making flash cards with your child.

Students have been enjoying ST Math at school. They are also able to do it at home on an iPad. They know their logins and should be able to login at home. Please let students try and do this program by themselves at home. I have talked to them about it is an “all by yourself job” and parents and older siblings should not be doing it for them. I want to see what they know!

Homework folders have been going home on Mondays and should be returning on Fridays. In order for students to get credit for their homework they need to have completed the 2 required tasks (1 math paper and reading log) as well as 4 other squares. Although there are only 4 days on the reading log I encourage you to read every night with your student.

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The school will be having a parade on Friday October 27th to celebrate Halloween. Please let me know if your child will not be participating. More information regarding the parade will be sent home next week. 

Have a great weekend!