Week of 10/20-10/24

Learning in the Frog Classroom:

October is safety month. Officer Mike came and talked to the children about trick-or-treat safety. They all promised not to eat any candy until they got home after they went trick-or-treating. We took pictures of them in the police car and you can look at them on Flikr. Diane Griffith, our guidance counselor, will come talk to the children about personal body safety. She will show them a video on Thursday (10/30) at 10:00. You are invited to join us. The fire department will also do a safety presentation.

****Needed for the Halloween Celebration-24 small  water bottles

Literacy Centers

We practiced writing the letters, L&U this week. We used the ipads, Promethian board, wood pieces and workbooks. The children all agreed these were easy letters to write. Our word this week was, an . We stamped it, searched for it and read it in stories. Our phonics sound was, (a) ,now we can practice sounding out short a words.

Readers' Workshop

Everyone got to put a book that they can read by themselves in their book boxes. They  are very excited, and they have partners that can help them if they get stuck. Our reading buddies pictures are also on Flikr.

Writers' Workshop

We continue to write about small moments and are starting to add details to our stories. The children understand that drawing is an important part of their writing. We continue to practice meatball spaces and spaghetti spaces in our writing and reading. Ask your child what they are.

Math

We have been working in our calendar books and are practicing our counting. The children love Zero the Hero and counting by 10's to 40 now. We have worked with addition and subtraction stories. We do this on the Promethian board.

Upcoming Events

• Handwriting-V & W
• Phonics-short o
• Word of the week-I
• Picture retakes-10/28
• Halloween Celebration-10/30
• Early Release for Parent Conferences-10/29 & 11/7