Oct 16-20

The boys and girls are REALLY looking forward to our field trip this week!    At Heckrodt we will learn more about looking closely (like scientists) and this will have a great impact on our writing...I just know it!   Please be sure your child dresses for the weather on Tuesday, unless there is rain, we will be outdoors for the entire afternoon.  Also, unless you have ordered a lunch through Chartwells, please send your child with a lunch (with a drink) in a disposable bag.

Important Dates and Reminders:
10/16: Badger Wear Day
10/17: Heckrodt Field Trip
10/17: Goodies and Grandparents Family Night 6-7pm
10/23-10/25: Red Ribbon Week (dress up days below)
10/23: Sweats and team apparel
10/24: Neon day
10/25: Red day
10/26 & 10/27- NO SCHOOL
10/31: Orange and Black day

Here is a peek at our week:

Math:  At the end of the week, students will take the unit 1 assessment. As a culmination of this unit's big ideas, mathematicians will be rotating through centers based on adding and subtracting, subitizing, number order, and number identification.  Here are some pictures of what the centers will look like:

This bingo game supports subitizing. Subitizing is the ability to 'see' a small amount of objects and know how many there are without counting. Click here to download.

A great way to practice number identification. Click here to download.

Reading: Our work in storybooks has really gotten us ready to tackle the challenges of conventional reading!  This week we will wrap up the use of story books by acting our favorite stories out using puppets.  Performing these books will truly be a way for us to show off the many skills we have acquired while working with these books...a huge skill being comprehension of character feelings and actions.  We will also take some time as a class to write some predictable books that include sight words and repeated patterns...we will aim to make these books similar to the leveled books we will be reading soon.

Writing: Our writing like scientists unit is up and running and the kids are amazing me at the work they are doing!  This week we focused on choosing one fall artifact and observing and saying all we could about it and then showing what we learned with words and pictures!  All of the students are bravely attempting to write words on every page!!  This week we will focus on planning sentences, using high frequency words, listening for more sound in words and adding new information to books we have already finished.

Social Studies:  We will have 2 final interview this week with our school police liaison officer, Mr. Krueger and one of our Educational Assistants, Mrs. Vosters.