Reading

* The book Communities and talking about people who live and work within our communities * The other book called Communities and learning about the three different types of communities: urban, suburban and rural. (What did you learn about these communities and which community do you live in?) The book Charlottes Web that we * began reading for the Global Read Aloud project and ask me what this project is

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Writing/Theme
* Completing my 10 Black Dots book and ask me to share it with you tonight for D.E.A.R. The black speckled community book I * started after reading the book On The Town The tally chart we made for all of the * different places families in our class shop at and what we noticed

REMINDERS!

Phonics and Spelling

* The hunks and chunks I learned this week th and ing * A word that has ing in its root word (string), when ing is a suf x (helping), and when it is both (singing) * The challenge- learning to add a suf x when the root word has a short or long vowel- see my paper! (slipping) * Suf xes- You take a root word ( sh). You put the suf x at the end. That makes shing instead of sh. * The Haunted Phonics Dance and ask me to say the Skeleton poem for you for letter s and sing you the trickor-treat song for letter u

Spelling Review tomorrow! girl boy school we NO SCHOOL Monday, October 8th- Columbus Day Field Trip to Huffmans MarketMonday, October 15th This trip will be in place of our Kroger eld trip. Our class will be visiting after lunch from 12-2. No parent volunteers necessary! Book Orders due October 12th rst

Math
* Telling time to the hour- why is telling time important, what do we call the two hands on the clock (small hour hand and long, strong minute hand) Clockwise- what is it? * * Exploring with a ruler- what are rulers used for? and what do I need to remember when using one to draw straight lines?! Exploring with dominoes *

Other
* Justins Star of the Week- what did I learn about him? What is his favorite book, favorite game? * Putting my Me On The Map mobile together * Scrapbooking with Mrs. Salopek today * Whats happening in Spanish, Computer, Swimming, P.E., Art, Science and Music