"Saints Are Ordinary People Who Do Extraordinary Things"
You are invited to join us at the All Saints Liturgy at 9:00 on November 1st. There will be "living saints" represented by some IHM students. There will be an All Souls Remembrance in the gym following prayers on Tuesday. Join us if you can. Your child has a fall leaf in his folder. Write the name of a deceased on it for remembrance.
I will read Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen in anticipation of our November Community Service Project, which is a pasta and peanut butter collection for the local food pantry.
The Reading selection is Armadillo's Orange, an animal fantasy. Skill: setting; Phonics: Ss /s/; Grammar: Proper Nouns; HF Words: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, and is. Review - at Word Family:bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, and sat and -ad Word Family: bad, dad, had, lad, mad, and sad. Be sure to write them on index cards for practice and review. Be sure to hold onto the Family Times and decodable readers that are sent home weekly.
We enjoyed "Are You Game?" with our buddies. There was a lot of dice rolling and counting as we engaged in a variety of Math games. Thanks to Mrs. Sullivan for lending a hand.
We continue to work on 1:1 number correspondence and numbers 0-5, with emphasis on greater than and less than. Have your child sort and count Halloween candy. What did he/she have more/less of?
Thanks to the variety of colorful fall leaves that you sent in, the children will sort, graph and count. They will do leaf rubbings and a leaf rewrite book based on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? We'll read them to the first graders.
The children are excited about painting in the style of "Action Jackson Pollock". They'll be introduced to the genius of Leonardo da Vinci in anticipation of Tuesday's Cultural Birthday Bash. You are welcome to be a sponsor if your child's birthday falls in the months of Sept., Oct., Nov., or Dec. ($50.00 donation)
Thank you to Mrs. Alberta for carving our pumpkin!
Homework: favorite animal graph
Reminders
*October Pizza Hut Read Aloud due - hoping for 100% participation
*Family turkeys due Thursday, November 10th
*Veterans' Day stars returned this week if possible
*Signed Reading Assessment and Writing Journals should be returned
*Class fees are due if possible - Class Parties, Autumn Auction, Laughs for Ladies
*Consider coming to the Autumn Auction on Sat., Nov. 19th. You will eat well and enjoy the evening. A table for kindergarten parents can be arranged.
*Your child needs a water bottle everyday
*12:30 dismissal Friday - Send a note or call if your child will go to EDP
*Have a good week!
