Short Week, Fall Break and Witches

HELP!!!!! I need a few parents who would be willing to  do any of the following things:

– Make hair Monday or Tuesday night.  It’s quite simple, you wrap yarn around a book 20 times clip both ends and tie it in the middle.
– Make brooms Monday or Tuesday night.  To do this, you hot glue yarn at the bottom of a stick and wrap a piece of yarn around the top of the other yarn to make it look like a broom.
– Plan and Coordinate the Halloween Party.  It will last about an hour and 15 minutes on October 30th from 10:00 to 11:15.  We need to get this planned as soon as possible so we can get the permission to have food in school from the parents.
–  We will also need parents who can come and help with the Halloween Party.

Please e-mail me if you can help with any of these activities.

We are going to have 2 1/2 busy days!  Monday we will be doing our final activity with bubbles, for right now.  We will see them again in a few weeks, but not for as long as we have been working with them this go around.  I hope you have heard a lot about bubbles!  Just wait to see what we start next week! 

We will be finishing our polygon books and working with quadrilaterals.  At home, please talk about shapes and what attributes sort them into the various categories.  Talk about the sides, parallel lines, and right angles.  Here’s a fun video about quadrilaterals:




Homework this week is simple, as we will not be having a spelling test.  

Math: Prodigygame.com    This is a great way to practice what we have been doing in class and needs to be used 3 times a week, for at least 15 minutes each time.  This is a great review of what we are doing in class as I assign the problems that your child works on.  We have also been playing PIG and if you would like to substitute any night of  Prodigy for Pig, please feel free to.  There are 30 points given each week for Prodigy and/or Pig.  The rules for Pig can be found here: PIG

Reading: 20 minutes at least 5 times a week.  It is imperative that your child is participating in reading practice at home.  Studies have shown that the more words a child read, the better their achievement is in all other areas.  We will be starting book talks where the students talk about what they read the night before.  Not only are they given homework points for reading, but they are also given presentation points for being able to stand up and talk about what they read the night before. Reading is worth 100 points each week.

Remember this is a short week, and Wednesday is an early out day.

Have a great week!