LANGUAGE ARTS: This week we read and discussed The Great Fuzz Frenzy and Water Rolls, Water Rises. The Great Fuzz Frenzy is a fantasy, while Water Rolls, Water Rises is a poem. We worked on skills such as decoding words with "e" at the end making the vowel long as in "pine," making singular nouns plural by adding "s" or "es" as in cat/cats or bench/benches, decoding words with the suffixes "er" and "est" as in "stronger" and "strongest," using story vocabulary in context, and learning ten new high-frequency words.
MATH: We took the chapter 2 test and started a new chapter over adding within 100 using strategies. So far students added within 100 using place value strategies and a hundred chart, used an open number line to add tens and ones within 100, and broke apart numbers into tens and ones to find their sum.
RELIGION: Students explored the ability to make choices. We discussed that God lets us choose what to do (free will) and that our conscience helps us decide right from wrong. Students learned that God always forgives us when we are sorry for our sins and want to be forgiven.
SCIENCE: We are wrapping up our unit over the engineering design process and will soon begin a new unit over matter.
FIELD TRIP: Students in grades PK-2 will be taking a field trip to Thompson's Fall Festival next Thursday, October 9. Your child will need to bring a sack lunch and a drink. We will leave school at 11:15 and will return around 2:45. Please return the green permission slip along with $15.00 so your child may attend if you have not already done so.
CLASS T-SHIRT ORDER: It's still not too late to order a class t-shirt! If you are interested in ordering, please return the order form to school on or before Friday, October 10.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: School will not be in session on Monday, October 6 due to teacher professional development.
