Thank you to everyone for responding and choosing 3 convenient times for the  October conferences.  Please check your child’s folder this week for a confirmation note detailing your conference time.

Mark Your Calendar!

• Friday, October 9 - Kiker Field Day. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately. Also, it is recommended to apply sunscreen before coming to school, wear a hat, and bring an extra water bottle. We look forward to a very fun-filled day!
• Monday, October 12- Student holiday/parent conferences.  
• Friday, October 23 - Report cards go home
• Friday, October 30- Book Fair preview only
• Saturday, October 31- Kiker Fun Run

Reminders:

• Library day is this Thursday!
• Enrichment fees are due NOW!  This fee helps to fund our fall and spring field trip and class t-shirts. If you have not yet submitted your payment of $22.00 for the entire year or $11.00 for the fall semester

Specials -

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
art	P.E.	Music	art	P.E.

Homework -

read 10-20 minutes every night.  Look for the small guided reading books to practice at home.

Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe / week 1 : man ran can cat hat mat not up

Look for the green poetry folder to come home on Wednesday.  Practice 2 poems, record them in the reading log  and return the folder the next day.

Math homework will start next week!

This week in:

Reading - This week we will begin guided reading instruction.  The students will bring home small books that we have read together.  They should practice reading the books at home to practice reading strategies and for fluency. This week we will begin to explore expository text features.  We will focus on the text feature photographs and think about how photographs help us better understand  a text.

Writing -This week in writing we will continue working on our stories.  We will work on problem solving when we are unsure of the spelling of a word.  We will practice using the word wall and using a writer’s toolkit with sound cards.

Math -  We have been working on place value.  The children have learned that the place of a digit in a number matters and depending on its place a digit can represent tens, or ones.  This week we will learn about composing and decomposing larger numbers 100 to 120.

Science -  This week the students will continue science/health/social studies rotations.  They will go to Mrs. Watson’s class and learn about Scientific Inquiry.