October 28-November1

Hi Families,

Happy Halloween!!  As you know we will be having our class party on Thursday!  Students can bring their costumes to school on Thursday and we will give them time to change before the parade.  The parade begins at 2:45 and the party will take place in the classroom immediately afterwards.  I hope you can stop by and see your little monsters!

Red Ribbon Week-
This week is Red Ribbon Week!  Students will learn about staying Drug Free.  There will be a spirit day each day of this week.  Here is the schedule for you:
Monday (today)--Wear Red
Tuesday-- Pajama Day
Wednesday-- Wear sweats or active wear
Thursday-- Crazy Sock Day
Friday-- Hat Day

Technology-- I am beginning to introduce the class to a few new fun ways to use technology.  We have been creating stories using the site Storybird.  This week I am going to introduce them to EdModo.  This is an interactive page where I can pose questions for the students and they can each write a response.  I will need each of them to set up an account.  I have a class ID number that will allow them to access our class' page. 

Math--  Students are having so much fun learning mulitplication facts!!  We will take our Topic 5 test on Thursday.

Spelling and Vocabulary-- There will be a new list in your child's Monday folder.  Our topic is Forces and Interactions.

Science and Reading-- As we learn the vocabulary for Forces and Interactions, we will also be reading and experimenting to learn more about these topics. 
Reading logs are due tomorrow!  Please continue to have your child reading regularly.  The goal is 100 minutes a week.

Writing-- Our class will be walking to MVHS next Thursday.  We will be writing a skit this week that will be video-taped by Cindy Schwartz's film class.  This is such a fun project for the kiddos and they learn a lot about video production.