Important Dates to Remember News and Notes Ms. Kegler & Room 201 Week of October 10th –October 14th This week in… LITERACY: We will be introducing a new skill this week: I can understand the difference between characters by describing their points of view. Exit Slip: October 14th Take Away: When reading fiction at home with your child, talk with him or her about the characters point of view. A characters point of view is what they think, do, or say. MATH: We will test on Chapter 2, and then introduce Chapter Three: Basic Facts and Relationships. Math Vocabulary: addend, difference, digit, even, is equal to (=), odd, sum, ten Take Away: Practice basic addition and subtraction facts at home. Xtra Math is a great tool to use to build fact fluency. Common Assessment: Wednesday, October 12th SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be continuing with Chapter 1: What is a Community? Students will begin their community projects this week! EiE: We will continue our EiE unit: Just Passing Through. This week will we start exploring different items from nature that engineers developed ideas from. Some of these are: Velcro and burs, airplane wings and bird wings, and many more! Important Dates to Remember October 10th- No School October 11th- Special Lunch October 12th- Smencil Sale October 14th- Family Movie Night October 19th- Erin’s Law Presentation October 25th- Picture Retake October 31st- Halloween Party! Homework Tuesday: Read 15 Minutes Memory Paper Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Other Information *Planners should be signed every night *If you would like to place a scholastic order please do so online and use our class code: P92DH ***Please check out our classroom webpage: https://hoover.sd54.org/skegler/*** Weekly Schedule Monday: PE and Music Tuesday: Art Wednesday: PE and Music Thursday: LRC Conferences Thank you for taking the time to come to conferences this week. The students have been working hard towards their goals and it was nice seeing their faces light up when sharing them with you!