Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Tuesday, Nov. 1

THANK YOU so much to all the parents who sent in snacks and treats for the halloween party yesterday!! Thank you also to those parents who came to help and a HUGE Thank you to Robyn's mom for sending out the flier, bringing treat bags for the kids, planning a fun treat-bug for the kids to make, and making our party a success :) I hope all of my families had a great night last night.

Today in class we read a Poppleton book about a helpful friend.  We are focusing on the reading strategy of "picturing the story as we read."  When I read to the children I do not show them the pictures.  They are supposed to visualize the story themselves and use the TEXT (sometimes they want to use their imaginations!) to create an imagine.  The book also taught us a lesson about being helpful to our friends :)

In math we practiced making change using a pretend vending machine.  Some students are able to do this so quickly! Others still need practice. 
Try handing your child a bunch of change tonight and letting them count it independently.  See how they do!

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