Happy Monday!

I'm so sorry this is so late! What a Friday and weekend we had!

Let's start with Friday first... We had such a great group of parents to come in and help us with our Pumpkin Math! Kids were predicting their pumpkin's height, weight, circumference, diameter, number of seeds, etc. Then... they did the actual measurements. BUT... in the middle of all of this - we did our walk for the homeless. Thank goodness we were first! Our buddy class, Mrs. Marini's kindergarteners, were sooo cute in their costumes! We all walked together for about a mile and then came back inside and finished our pumpkin activities. Kids had their hands up to their elbows in pumpkin gunk. It was very interesting to see how each group decided to count their seeds! Ask your child what EFFICIENT way their group used!

Then we got cleaned up and had a word study test, followed by recess and lunch. After lunch we watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" while our room moms got the room ready for a party. We had a short exercise recess and then enjoyed a wonderful party! Thanks so much to Becca Clark and Rose Ann Shapiro for all of their work! We all had a great time!

Then... the weekend! Can you believe the snow? During the bad weather, my husband and I celebrated our birthdays with family and friends... so... that's my excuse for getting this out to you on a Monday. Sorry!

Anyway, here's what we'll be doing this week:
Language Arts: We're finishing up reading Folktales and will begin talking about Fables. We'll be discussing "morals of the story" and the "author's purpose". I find that the students come up with some great ideas on how to teach others these lessons.

Math: My math class is continuing with subtraction. We're beginning double-digit subtraction with regrouping and will go straight into 3-digit subtraction with regrouping. If you want to give your child some extra practice - give him/her some problems where they have to regroup in the ones and the tens places.

Science: Our aquariums are gone! But... this doesn't mean we're done with the unit! We'll be writing a factual essay on our ecosystems. We'll be focusing on putting details in our writing.

Word Study - No words this week. It's too hard to do when there's no school on Friday. We will, however, be reviewing some homophones.

That's it for now - I'm hoping to put the pictures I took on Friday on my blog, so please check it! I'll be sure to let the kids know when the pictures are there!
Have a wonderful week - remember there is no school on Friday so we have time to input grades.

Faith Humerick