Mrs. Scholfield & Ms. VanWyk Classroom Newsletter November 1, 2 1!

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What We.re /earnin" Scholastic News0 1his week we read more abo%t bats. We learned that bats %se all five senses to hel# them s%rvive. 1his was a "reat review for %s and we loved #layin" a team "ame where we answered 2%estions abo%t bats. 3aily 40 5%r "ro%#s are %# and r%nnin". We have several "ro%#s that are workin" thro%"h nonfiction te-t feat%res. 6lease look for the te-t and the #a"es to come home so yo% can talk with yo%r child abo%t the thin"s we are learnin" abo%t nonfiction te-ts. We have started to add 7#ads into o%r daily ro%tine. We really en8oy havin" this technolo"y in the classroom to hel# with readin" and s#ellin". We have had several lessons this week on ad8ectives. We started by describin" the witch from the te-t 9oom on the :room and moved to creatin" ad8ectives to describe a #%m#kin. 1he st%dents seem to be catchin" on to what an ad8ective is and why we %se them in o%r writin" and how they make readin" more e-citin". We will start st%dyin" no%ns ne-t week.

6lease check the s#ecial note that was sent home with yo%r child yesterday. 6lease send the form back with yo%r child by Monday. 1hank yo%@

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1his week we have been learnin" that we can write a story %sin" o%r fin"ers. We fo%nd that we can tell a story across o%r fin"ers to make s%re we are tellin" the first, then, ne-t and finally. We started o%r final first 2%arter writin" #iece on how to carve a #%m#kin. 1his will come home with yo%r child.s re#ort card.

What we are /earnin"0 Math0 Bnit two is done and we are startin" Bnit three. 1his seems to be a bi" review for most of %s. 7 think we will be workin" a lot on the math talk for these #roblems. When yo% are workin" with yo%r child ask them to tell yo% how they "ot their answer. We are tryin" to move beyond 7 8%st knew the answer. Science0 1his week we finished learnin" abo%t bats and ended the week with a h%"e foc%s on #%m#kins. We s#ent a day wei"hin" them, meas%rin" them and even cleanin" them o%t. We are movin" into st%dyin" owls after this.

1hank yo% for sendin" in all the tasty snacks that were sent in for o%r Aalloween #arty. We all en8oyed them@