October 9 - 14, 2011

I hope everyone enjoyed their day off! Can you believe that we have completed the first quarter of school? Report cards will go home Thursday! Parent conferences are coming up at the end of the month. Look for an e-mail with that schedule this week. Don't forget all of the exciting things we have next week with Homecoming and our field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. Below you will see a list of our skills for this week and reminders of upcoming events. Have a great week!


This week's skills focus:

Language Arts:

• High Frequency Words: a, to, I, like, my, see
• Language/Writing Skills: building sentences, action words
• Phonics focus: /c/(Alphafriend: Callie Cat), word families with short a (at, an), blending sounds to decode words
• Comprehensions Skills:  cause and effect, text organization

Math  - Complete Topic 5: Six to Ten; Begin Topic 6: Comparing Numbers

• Ordering numbers on a number line
• Graphing
• Comparing numbers 1-10

Handwriting Focus : Letter formation, Writing names using the headline, midline, and baseline

Social Studies:  Communities, Families, and Friends

Bible:  Joseph and His New Coat (Genesis 37:1-36); Target Truth: Thankfulness; Target verse -- Ephesians 5:20a "always giving thanks to God the Father for everything"

Important Dates:

• Thursday, October 13th -- Report Cards go home
• Tuesday, October 18th -- Pumpkin Patch Field Trip--Parents are welcome. Student cost was included in the Activity Fee, however, there is a $5 fee for adults who attend.
• October 17 - 21, Homecoming week! Click here for a list of all the exciting events that week!
• Friday, October 21st is a half day and will dismiss after the Homecoming Parade!
• Friday, October 28th is Parent Conference Day -- look for the schedule in your "inbox" this week!