Weekly Update

Hi Parents,

Here's a look at what has been happening this past week....

Art:
We learned about the artist Paul Cezanne and how he is famous for his still life paintings. In his work, we noticed the variety of colors he created by mixing paints. We learned about mixing primarty colors to create secondary colors. Here are our painted pumpkin still lifes:

Guest Teachers:
 Last Wednesay, Shuko came in and taught us a great lesson about Japan!   Ask your child if they remember how to count to 5.

 Tomorrow, Marienela comes in to teach us more Spanish.  We are so excited to have these special guests teach in our room.

Halloween:
Our party is from 1:10-2pm on Wednesday.    We will be changing into our costumes AFTER first recess (11AM).   We would love some parent help at this time too.  The parade starts at 11:15.  Thank you to all our parents who are helping with this.

Social Studies: We finished studying the types of communities, and students chose their favorites. Here is a sample of what they chose:
Luke: My favorite type of community is RURAL because I like to be around animals
Emie: My favorite type of community is URBAN because the city is nice to look at.
Jordan: My favorite type of community is SUBURBAN because it has lots of homes for families.
Carson: My favorite type of community is URBAN because there are lots of restaurants.

In our next social studies unit, we will be learning that geography is the study of our planet - its land, water, and people.

Spelling: We added a tab at the top of this blog with our weekly spelling lists. If for some reason you can't find your paper copy of the list, now you can find it on our blog.

Monthly Assessment Update:  During September conferences, Mrs. Fornia and I shared with you our assessments that we had given your child in September.  These assessments helped us to make goals for the year. 

Each month, we will be assessing your child's reading, writing, and math skills in a variety of ways.  This offers us immediate feedback as to what skills we need to focus on for your child to have maximum growth this year.

At the end of each month, we will send home some of these assessments in the clear plastic envelope you sent to school at the beginning of the year so that you can also see how your child is doing.  You may keep these assessments and simply send back the empty envelope.

We will be sending home our October assessments with your child at the end of this week.

Here is a list of the assessments you will see coming home at the end of  each month:
Math:   Timed math facts quiz (your child is aiming to complete 33 problems in 90 seconds!), Any topic tests, Any daily quick checks that were recorded in the gradebook
Writing:  Our monthly writing assessment
Reading:  Our monthly reading comprehension assessment



Have a great week,
Erin and Janna