September 22 – 26

I can’t believe we’re almost through September! We have now completed 2 chapters of math and we’re well into our third chapter. We’ve completed our first writing project, we know a lot about inference, character traits and the sun!

A few notes of interest:

Dates to Remember:
Tuesday:  Library (We will be checking out this week!)
Thursday: SEP Conferences
Friday: Early Out and Dress Down Day for $1 (They haven’t announced who gets the free dress down day yet. Maybe it will be 3rd grade!) 

Book Orders
Several of you have asked about book orders and what books I would suggest for your child to read. There are some wonderful books available on the book order this time around, so I have will keep a book order open for the next two weeks. Please click on this link:  https://clubs2.scholastic.com   Our classroom code is H3H9F  Entering this code will connect you to my account, and any purchases you make help us add points to purchase books for our classroom.

I am excited that Shannon Hale (a Utah Author) has two series in this order  The Spirit Animals and Ever After High
The students love the I Survived Series too.
You can’t go wrong with Dan Gutman’s series My Crazy School
There are several other books available, and honestly if your child is eagerly reading that’s the whole goal!

Mistake on the Blog
Every week there is at least one mistake on the blog.  This can be a misspelled word, an incorrect answer to a problem or some little thing.  If your child finds it, please have them message me with what the mistake is.  I’m attempting to get your children willing and comfortable with giving constructive criticism and being able to challenge things when they have a different answer.  Last week a math problem had an incorrect answer.  One student brought this to my attention and received 2 punches for it.  

Apple Witches
Our apples are dehydrating and looking fabulous, I don’t think anyone comes in the room without commenting on how cool they look and how much they are starting to look like witches.  In your travels, keep an eye out for material that might make an awesome witch dress.  You will need a piece of fabric that is about 9″ X 22″.  I will be sending home a pattern next week. 

Homework
Reading:  20 Minutes of reading 5 times a week

Math:  You’ve played Addition Pig,  now play Subtraction Pig.  You play it just like Addition Pig but you start with a number in the 100’s and subtract from it.  You want to get to 0.  You also need to do Xtramath.org. 

Words  Their Way:  
Red Group: yellow sort 27  
Green Group: green sort 4
Orange Group:  green sort 31
Blue Group: green sort 48