What a lovely, gorgeous weekend!  I hope you were able to get outside and enjoy some of Michigan’s fall beauty.  Yesterday we went for a drive along Edward Hines Drive and Michigan sure was showing off with colorful leaves.

Today we begin a “Weekend Write.”  On Mondays I will have them write in their Journals about something they did over the weekend.  Most will begin with a picture and then I will encourage them to write a letter or word that will go with their picture.  As the year progresses you’ll be able to see their writing really develop.

READING-Families Change is our Unit.

Strategy Question-How can families change?  (new baby born? older sibling going to college?)

Reading Strategy-Recognizing Story Structure

Reading Skill-Making Predictions

WORDS-This is a review week.  We  we   The   the

LETTERS-This is a review week.  M  m  A  a

Beginning this week I will start the Writing Process.  Our week will look like this…

Monday -introduce writing topic

Tuesday-review topic and expand

Wednesday-Prewrite 

Thursday-Revise and Edit Prewrite

Friday-Publish Writing

MATH-Shapes, Sorting and Classifying

SCIENCE-We will continue using our 5 Senses as we explore the FALL SEASON.  To help us focus on being a Scientist, I would like each student to have a “Lab Coat”  To help make this happen, would you please send in a white T-shirt and I will turn them into “Lab Coats.”  (Used/worn shirts are fine.   )

Looking ahead…

Friday, 10/16  AM SCHOOL   11:45 Dismissal   NO SCHOOL-PM  (Teacher Professional Development)

Friday, 10/30  HALLOWEEN    We will have an All School Parade in the early afternoon-outside around the track.  Time-TBD  Students are invited to bring their costumes to school in the morning and I will help them change after lunch.  If you would like to pick up your child at 11:20 and take them home for lunch and dress them yourself, that is fine.  They would need to be back at school by 12:45.

We started a new part of Dearborn’s Literacy Program-READ TO SOMEONE.  I thought you might enjoy seeing our students Reading to Someone.

Knee to knee, shoulder to shoulder

Sharing the book

One reading and one listening

Can you find your reader?

Mrs. Smith