We planted seeds on Friday. We can't wait to watch them grow!

Weekly Updates September 28-October 2

Hello,

It's hard to believe October is just around the corner! This first month of school has flown by! See the link below for October's Lunch Menu:

http://chartwells.compass-usa.com/KAUK/Pages/SiteMenus.aspx

Upcoming events:

Oct. 5th-PSC Meeting 6:00 PM

Oct. 9th-Homecoming Parade-See note coming home today for more information.

Oct. 16th-Math Morning

Oct.  20th   Grandparents and Goodies Family Night-Look for an email with more information soon.

Oct. 23 & 24-No School

Red Ribbon Week:

Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United States.

Tues. Oct. 27th....no sweat being drug free...wear sweats
Wed. Oct. 28th....Red Day
Thurs. Oct. 29th...drug free is double the fun....twinning
Fri. Oct. 30th...we're the ghosts. ..say BOO to drugs....wear orange and black!

Curriculum Updates:

Readers' Workshop: This week we will be learning how our partners can help each other become stronger readers. They can introduce their books to each other, help each other figure out tricky parts, and do something at the end of the book.

Writers' Workshop: We continue to work on writing small moment stories. One way we have been practicing telling small moment stories is by oral storytelling. As a class, we tell a story together. Last week we told our bee story. Ask your child to tell you this story! During writing, we will be working on using familiar words to spell new words, editing our stories for punctuation, and studying a book we know well, Night of the Veggie Monster, to notice what the author George McClements has tried that we can use in our own writing.

Math Workshop: We will finishing up our partners up to 10 with a unit assessment on Wednesday. Look for a math homework sheet to come home on Tuesday. Remember, this is to give families a peek into the math we are doing in our classroom and doesn't need to be returned to school. 

Science: We have had some exciting science lessons, with more to come. We'll be studying freshwater plants this week and building our aquariums. We will also be observing snails and guppies and adding them to our aquarium. We are hoping our seeds begin to sprout this week.

As always, let me know if you have any questions.

Kathy Zobel

First Grade

New Directions Learning Community