Brrr!

What a great 4 day weekend! I spent Thursday and Friday learning and connecting with teachers from across the state.

Your conference preference sheet will come home in the Wednesday folder.  Please fill out and return by Friday.  Thanks!

  

On Thursday, we have bus safety in the morning and our field trip to the pumpkin patch in the afternoon.  Please be sure to send your child's permission slip back to school before Thursday.  The field trip costs $4.00.  If you are unable to pay the $4.00 please contact me so we can work something out.

This week we have been working on words with short /o/ and start our DRAs to see how much each student has grown in reading since the beginning of the year. Remember to send your child with a full stomach and plenty of sleep so they can do their best! In math, we'll continue reviewing addition strategies, 3 addend word problems, and start learning about related facts. Ex. 6+4=10  10-6 =4 We will start preparing for our end-of-the-quarter assessments. Where has the time gone?! Has your child been practicing Xtra Math?  It really helps when they have fluency with their math facts.  Most concepts are built upon math facts. 

Parent teacher conference information will be in your child's folder on Wednesday.  Please be sure to fill out your preferences for day and time and get it sent back to school.

You child is still working on their personal narratives. This week we will talk about verbs and speech bubbles. They will love the speech bubbles. 

Your child has been making predictions about fiction and non-fiction books.  They get clues from the cover and the pages inside.  Then we read the book and they modify their predictions.  

Next week is Red Ribbon week.  Each day we celebrate being drug free by wearing different things.

Check out the Important Dates on my blog so your child can participate. 

Save the date!  October 30th is the Pumpkin Patch Party!  The kids love this event.  Look for the flyer in you child's folder. 

Just a suggestion!  Now is the time to buy snow boots!  The first snow always surprises us.  It is good to have them on hand and once it does snow, the boots in the store disappear quickly.  

Have a great week! 

With the next few days off, I hope you get to do something fun with your child.  I will be at the MEA-MFT Educators Conference.  It should be fun.  More learning to be done.

Mr. Barbeau, a Billings firefighter and paramedic, came and spoke to 1st grade on Monday.  He taught them about what do to in case of a fire.  Some information came home in your child's green folder today.  Please take the time to review the facts and set up a meeting place in case of a fire.

Our class will be taking a field trip to the pumpkin patch on October 22.  The cost is $4.00.  If you are unable to pay please let me know and we can work something out.  The permission slip will be in your child's Wednesday folder.

Bitterroot school is still in need of gift card donations for the Karen Cox Memorial Scholarship raffle. Any amount is greatly appreciated. Currently we have 4 gift cards.

Our class has been working on not interrupting and paying attention when the teacher is talking.  I am usually the master of getting students attention but this class is exceptionally chatty. Well, can we just call them a friendly bunch?  They have so much to say but just have not learned the appropriate time to share.  It has been getting a little better but we will continue to work on it.   

Your kids continue to surprise me.  They are writing more and more each day.  We will continue to work on their personal narratives. We will be adding time words.  Remember, if your child is writing at home, please do not correct their spelling.  They are focusing on getting words down on paper using phonics.  If they worry about spelling, they will get very few words on the paper in fear that they might spell something wrong. 

We will continue to work on addition strategies. This week we worked on adding 3 numbers.  First we look to see if there is a way to make the problem easier.  We look for doubles or ways to make 10.  Then we add the third number to the sum of the first two. We will start fact families next week.

Reading groups are going well.  This is my favorite part of the day.  It is so exciting to see kids figuring out words using the strategies taught earlier this year.  We will be testing for reading levels next week so make sure your darling gets all their sleep.