Math Star Students Literacy Birthdays 10/24-10/28 Calendar This week in Jolly Phonics we will learn the last of the letter sounds er and ar. Please continue to practice them at home daily. In Reading Workshop this week, we will begin our next Schoolwide Unit on Fiction. Students will look at the differences between realistic fiction and fantasy. They will also learn how to retell familiar tales. In Writing Workshop, we will continue our discussion about how writers “write what they know”. We will generate a list for the writing center of things the students can write about. Our book of the week is “The Pumpkin” which fits in perfectly for the week leading up to our Halloween Party. Students will learn about the parts of a pumpkin and sequence how a pumpkin grows. Our sight word this week is “and”. Calendar 10/26 - Forward 95 Community Engagement/LZHS 3:30 or 6:30 - Family Literacy Night 6:30 10/28 – Halloween Party - wear costume to school 11/4 – Institute Day/ No School 11/11 – Veteran’s Day/ No Birthdays None this week! Math This week the students will continue to practice writing their numbers 0-10. Students will also practice matching numerals to dots on a ten frame. That will bring us to the start of Module 4. In this module students will look at identifying groups of objects that are greater than and less than a given numeral. The children will also engage in discussions about why they think a group is greater/less. We want to teach them how to have these meaningful math discussions as a whole group as well as with partners. These types of discussions will continue all year. Star Students 10/24 Alana 10/25 Demetri 10/26 Desi 10/27 Joshua 10/28 No Star Student *Star student gets to bring in a show and tell.