October 2, 2009

It's a sad weekend for my family - after two long months in the ICU at Hopkins, my father-in-law passed away. I won't be at school today, Monday, or Tuesday. Thank goodness we have Ms. Wilde. Since she has been teaching all subjects anyway, the kids probably won't even know I'm gone!! (I hope that's not true!) Speaking of Ms. Wilde, Friday, Oct. 9, will be her last day with our class. She has truly been a huge help and a wonderful teacher!

Now for what we've been doing!
LANGUAGE ARTS: We've been practicing our Before Reading strategies. Next week we begin a Short Stories unit which will allow the class to really put their reading skills to use! We'll be reading fairy tales, folktales, legends, fables, and tall tales. This is such a fun unit! I'm looking forward to some great writing, too!

MATH: We're continuing with graphing. We even accomplished a double-bar graph. We compared data from Mr. Clutz's class to data from our class. Next week we'll be doing more of that and also talking about line graphs and pictographs. If you find any examples of graphs in the newspaper or anywhere else, please send it in with your child to share!

WRITING: The kids are really getting soooo much better with details! They seem to really understand that an idea won't be interesting to write about unless there are good details. YEAH!!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES: We're still working on our brochure and will continue with maps/globes skills.

Look for information about our Fall Festival Celebration - coming soon!
Thanks to everyone for their support with homework, agendas, take-home folders, and just about everything else you do for your kids!

Have a happy weekend!
Faith Humerick