- This Week’s Happenings:
- Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!! Food Drive Dress Down
- Wed /Thur: Early Release 1:00. Parent Teacher Conferences
- Fri: Teacher Work Day – No School
Announcements: Thank you to our volunteers that helped with the Halloween party. The students and I greatly appreciate it! Parent Teacher Conferences are this week. If you haven’t already, please sign-up on bloomz.
Food Drive: It is that time of year for our annual BESST Realty Food Drive. We love participating in this event because it helps so many people in our community. We will be collecting canned food donations until Wednesday, November 3rd. Quest students will also have an opportunity to bring 5 canned food items on Tuesday, November 2nd to participate in a dress down day.
Reading in Class
- We will be stretching our unit 2 week 4 lessons for this week and next week.
- The essential question is: “How are offspring like their parents?“
- Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Reread to identify topic & main idea
- Phonics Skill – Words with Consonant Digraphs ch, tch, sh, ph, th, ng, wh. For example: chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, while
- High Frequency words: seven, isn’t, early
- Our Vocabulary words are: adult, alive, covered, fur, giant, groom, mammal, offspring
Math in Class
We are comparing 3-digit numbers and using symbols to show greater than, less than, and equal to. We will test Tuesday or Wednesday this week. We will then start adding 3-digit numbers using different strategies. It is important that the students learn the different strategies, and not just the procedure to adding 3-digit numbers. Please see the letter home for examples.
After School Math Tutoring – After school tutoring is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.
Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!)
**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your child should be bringing home 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *Your student can return the October reading log on Monday for a prize.