Week 9

 Week 9: October 31-November 4


Academic Updates

We are learning about::

  • R blends 

  • Sequence of events

  • Nouns, verbs, and adjectives

  • Space, planets, the moon

  • Change to more/less problems

  • Identifying the question in story problems

  • Developing strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems

  • Reading fluency


Ask Your Firstie…

  • What play did you read in a small group this week?

  • What part did you play?

  • What do you know about spiders?

  • Can you name some words that begin with an L blend?

  • I stopped at 5 houses to trick-or-treat on State Street and more houses on Langley Avenue. Altogether I stopped at 9 houses.  How many houses did I stop at on Langley?

  • On Halloween two superheroes came to my house. Later, three ghosts and a dragon came over.  How many visitors came to my house on Halloween?


Halloween

Please click the link here if you’d like to help in any way with our parties. 


Please send any supplies to school Monday morning rather than waiting until right before the party.


Parties begin at 1:45. 


Can’t attend the party? No problem.  Join us for the parade at 3:15.


Students may wear their costumes to school.  Large or distracting pieces will remain in backpacks until time for the parade/party.

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