October 27-31

Notes: 

Monday, October 27 & Tuesday, October 28: Math Assessment

Tuesday, October 28: College T-shirt day (all grades)
For Kindergarten,  it will be optional to wear our College Ts due to the College T-shirt days on Wednesday & Thursday.

Wednesday, October 29: Gale Woods Field Trip 1-3pm

Students should wear their College Ts. We like to wear our college t-shirts on field trips so that we can show our CA pride!

Thursday, October 30: OSA @ 2:50

Students should wear their College Ts today too. :)

Friday, October 31: Kindergarten Fall Party 9:30-10:45 (Mrs. Pogatshnik's party is 9:15-10:30)
All parents are welcome to attend. Students should not wear costumes.

Friday, October 31:Early Release 1:00 pm

Students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm; please let your child's teacher know prior to this date if your child will have a different plan than usual for getting home.

LITERATURE
From Seed to Pumpkin

Pumpkin Circle
Focus: Story Sequence & Schema

MATH

This week we will administer our Math Interim test.

During the months of November and December students will work on the following skills:

·   numbers 0-20 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·   tally marks

·  matching and sorting: shapes

·  reviewing 2 -dimensional shapes

·  patterns :ABC and ABB

·  comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

HANDWRITING/WRITING
Letters: Bb, Ll, Rr, Uu

Students will practice the basic handwriting strokes, pencil grip, and correct posture.

Labeling Pictures

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Animal Habitats-Each day we will be learning about a different habitat and the animals that live in that particular habitat.