I hope after the Tritt Tiger Dash Kick Off your child is excited about collecting donations to support our PTA in the great projects it has planned! Check out our sign to see what our class earns every time we meet a goal. Our first goal is $550, second goal $1100, third goal $1650, and fourth goal $2200 - which is the equivalent of $100 per child. Thank you for helping in any way you can. THE FIRST collection day is THIS MONDAY - Oct. 17. We all had a great time with Mrs. Dean on Thursday while she taught us how to use Flick. Each student had an IPad. They used DoodleBuddy to record some character traits that Opal's dad in Because of Winn Dixie has and some evidence from the text to prove it. Ask your child about the word(s) they chose to use to describe the Preacher, Opal's dad and why! Then each student used Flick to "flick" their answer to my IPAD which was mirrored on to our screen thanks to our Apple TV. Talk about 100% engagement. REMINDERS: -Next week is conference week with 12:30 dismissal and a 11:35 lunch time. We will still eat a morning snack. Please be prompt for your conference and I will also stay on schedule so that we honor everyone's time. I look forward to seeing you. - Please read the blue paper that came home describing our first auction this Friday, Oct. 21. -PLEASE also read the emails from the PTA about the piece of the upcoming election that concerns our schools. - Book reports are due Oct. 28 - the same day as our dash! - This week is BOOK FAIR week. I've posted a class wish list if you'd like to donate a book to our room. NEXT WEEK: Math - It is time to start memorizing those math facts. We'll start slow with a test on Thursday with the 0, 1, and 2 tables. Then we will add the 3s the next week. So start practicing - in the car, waiting for events, and every night. This week we will also study the multiplication properties O property, Identity Property (1s), and the Associative Property. Reading - We will continue to read Because of Winn Dixie both as a read aloud and in small groups to study the character's actions and dialogue, so we can determine the character's traits. Understanding our character helps us to engage with and comprehend the story more completely. Writer's Workshop - We are going to have some fun this week beginning our first fictional narrative. Students will develop their own characters using the traits we are learning about in reading. They will make a Monster's Playhouse to use as the setting and a prewriting activity. Social Studies - We will still switch this week, but just for 30 min. My class will work on learning the two major mountain ranges in the US. I hope you enjoy this beautiful weekend with your family!
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