October Newsletter

Reading
 Our weekly stories include Mrs. Brown Went to Town, Martha and George, and we will finish our Silly Stories theme with the Focus on Genre: Poetry.  The last week of October we will start our new theme Nature Walk and read the story Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night.  The week of October 30 through November 2 we will be reading Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett.

Spelling Words

October 2-6
Bite, late, size, made, side, ate, fine, same, hide, line, give, have, *shake, *write

October 9-12
Spelling review for Silly Story Theme
Am, dig, fox, nut, leg, hide, late, ran, job, fun, wet, bite, made, ate, sat, mop, hug, went, size, his

October 16-20
Pal, skip, dime, just, tape, bump, wipe, yet, wide, pile, *huge, *whisk

October 23-27
Bone, robe, use, these, rope, note, cute, close, hope, those, one, goes, *drove, *goes

October 30-November 2
Trip, swim, step, nest, club, stone, next, brave, glad, lost, *space, *storm

Writing
We will be completing four square writing assignments, continuing Writer’s Workshop, and creating class books.

Math

Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts.  We will be taking an assessment on Unit 2.  The last week of October we will be starting Unit 3: Place Value, Money, and Time

We work together to build fact power!

Science
We will be completing our unit and taking an assessment on Systems.  Students have been learning about the circulatory system, the solar system, and the water cycle.