Highlights of the Week

Hello families,

We had a fun week together. We read many books together with the focus on identifying feelings and discussed ways we handle our feelings in appropriate ways. We read: Visiting Feelings, Grumpy Bird, and Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda.

We did one more writing project to get to know each other: "Me, Myselfie, and I." The kids had a lot of fun making these little books and reading them to each other. They loved finding out if they had favorite things in common! 
Did you see it come home? Check it out!

These students noticed that they all chose writing as their favorite school activity!

I finished doing reading assessments this week and next week will begin meeting with groups of kids during our readers workshop to work on individual skills at their level. The whole class will also be working on developing reading strategies and practicing these together.

In math we started to mix things up and solve addition and subtraction story problems. We had to think about what was happening in the story to know if we needed to add or take away. The Fox Kits are really improving in how they represent their thinking in clear and organized ways!

In FUNdations we began using our magnet boards to build CVC words--words with a consonant-short vowel sound-consonant (i.e. hat, mud, lip). We are also practicing how to spell trick words (common words that don't follow traditional spelling rules): a, is, his, of, the, and.

Dates to Remember:

• October 24 - Picture Retake Day
• October 24 & 25 - Early Dismissal 11:00 (activities available with prior sign-up)
• November 13 - PTO Meeting
• November 15 - All School Morning Meeting 8:15
• November 17 - PTO Craft Fair
• November 21- Early Dismissal; No student activities; Parent/Teacher Conferences 12-8
• November 22- Early Dismissal; No student activities; Parent/Teacher Conferences 12-3
• November 25 - 29 - No School for Thanksgiving Break

Have a great weekend!

❤ Mrs. Fox