Hey guys!  Hope everyone had a great weekend.  Just a few little reminders before I get to telling you what all we are learning.  Remember to turn in your field trip form before Friday of this week with the $7.  Please let me know if you are having trouble coming up with the money for the field trip!!!  If you are planning on coming to the Pumpkin Patch with us remember you will need to take your own vehicle and follow us there.  Red Ribbon week is next week and I will post what each day will be next Sunday night. No school this Friday for the kiddos.  The end of the 9 weeks is this Friday and report cards will go home next Thursday.  Please call or e-mail me with any questions you may have when you get their report cards.

Spelling words: be, this, from, I, have, or, by, one, had, not  We will have a spelling test next Wednesday because of field trip day that Tuesday.  Our kiddos are doing great on their spelling test now if we can just get them to apply it when they are writing their stories:)

Math:  We will continue working on joining sets along with attributes of 2 dimensional shapes (what makes each shape special). We will also begin talking about subtraction.  This is a new concept for our kiddos so they will need a little more support in the beginning.

Writing:  We are still focusing on a story having a beginning, middle, and an end.  Finger spacing, penmanship, and punctuation will be worked ALL year as well.  We are writing a classroom story to model what our personal stories should look like.

Science/Social Studies:  We have been focusing on nocturnal animals and how they are different.  Hope they HAVE been driving you crazy for more knowledge on this.  We have a few experiments we will be doing to go along with these fun animals.  We also have learned about Fall and how it is different from Summer.  Our kiddos are also learning how to use Facts4me to gather information and teach others what they have learned.

I have a super sweet group of Firsties and hope that your kiddos are loving school.  As always, please feel free to call, text, or e-mail me with any questions or concerns.