Halloween Happenings

Halloween is celebrated school wide on Friday, October 30 starting at 2:30. Please let your child's teacher know if he/she will not be participating so they can be sent to participate in the alternative activities.

October News

Reading

Our first reading tests are just about over and we will be starting our small reading groups.  Your child will be grouped with students with similar skills and needs.   We are working on the characters and setting of the story, sequencing events, and nonfiction texts.

Writing

We have been working on drawing, adding details and labeling our pictures.  Up next, we will be writing with beginning sounds and working our way to words and sentences.  Please practice letter formation at home with your child.

Math

We are continuing to count and making connections between the number word, the numeral and the quantity.  We will be subitizing numbers – quickly recognizing formations as a quantity (for example, three dots in a diagonal on a die is 3).  We will also be begin measurement.

Science/Social Studies

We are finishing our weather unit  with seasons and the water cycle.  We will be starting a unit on American Symbols, which includes the Statue of Liberty, Mt. Rushmore, the bald eagle, the American flag, and the Liberty Bell.  We also learn the Pledge of Allegiance.

                                           ESOL

In beginning ESOL, we will be learning letters, sounds and the words that go with each letter.  We will also review the seasons and the weather, learn about parts of our body, the farm, US symbols, and practice speaking in sentences.

Dates to Remember:

October 6 – Picture day

October 6 – PTA meeting

October 12 – Columbus Day – Open House

October 14 – Heyser Farm field trip for Lim, Ramienski, Pierson and Burnsky

October 15 – Heyser Farm field trip for Johnson, Goldberg, Orenstein and O’Neill

October 16 – No School

October 30 – Halloween Celebrations

Remember to send in the signed permission form and $15 for the Heyser Farm field trip.