November 4, 2016

Dear Parents,

This week we began with our Halloween celebration.  Thank you so much to everyone who helped and a special thank you to our room moms.  The kids had a great time!  Then we began discussing how living things and nonliving things move.  We talked about gravity here on earth and gravity in space and then began our discussion about things in space.  We talked about astronauts and what it would look like to see the Earth and moon in space.  We learned that the Earth rotates around the sun and the moon rotates around the Earth.  We learned information about the moon, sun, and stars and we went over all of the planets.  The students really enjoyed talking and learning about space.  In math, we discussed what greater/more than, less than/fewer, and equal means and looked at sets of objects to see which was greater or which was less.  We reviewed over ways to make numbers 1-4; for example: 1 – 1,0 or 0, 1;    2 – 2,0, 1,1, 0,2; etc.  We also worked on counting 1^st-10^th and drawing stars.

Next Week

Theme:  Government & Elections                               Shape: Star

Handwriting Letters: g, u, i, e                                      Nursery Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle

Word Families: -am, -an                                              Color: Gray

Reminders

• Be sure you received the letter about Thanksgiving.  We will be making soup, so everyone has a can item to send in. You only need to send in 1 can of the item that is listed.   If you could send that in by Monday November 21^st or earlier, that would be great.  Also, be sure you received the email about the sign-up for the other items.  Please be sure you check the sign-up if you haven’t signed up for anything yet.  All parents are invited to attend our feast on Tuesday the 22^nd at 11:45.  It will be in the classroom.  However, if anyone has an idea of how we could do it outside (weather permitting), please let me know.  I know most parents/families will be coming and we know how small the room is.  So please, if you have any ideas let me know.
• Please be sure to check out the Scholastic flyers sent home or you can look online at the books they have.  Orders are due November 7^th.  I can earn extra bonus points this month if I have $25 worth of orders.  So please check out the great book deals they have.
• Don’t forget that the “Family Turkey Project is due on Thursday November 10^th.  You are welcome to send it in any day next week when you finish it.  The students will have an opportunity to share their project with the class.
• Please remember to record the books you read to your child or that your child reads on their own.  You record this by coloring in the little picture for that month or you can use the Book It! site.  Students are suppose to read or be read to 25 books in order to get the certificate.  I was a little lenient last month but for each month students should read 25 books.

·      Please note that preorders for lunch on Monday and Friday will be stopping soon.  I’m sure there will be more explanation in the school newsletter, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up.  There will be no more preorders after November 18^th.  Please go to this link to register your student and to order. 

http://neusecharterschoolathleticboosterclub.h1.hotlunchonline.net

Dates

Monday November 7^th: Return books for Book-In-A-Bag

                                    Scholastic Orders Due

Thursday November 10^th: Turkeys due & send in homework

Friday November 11^th:  No School

                                                                                    Mrs. Hodges & Mrs. Roycroft