Important Dates & Reminders

• September 26th - No School for Students - Rosh Hashanah
• October 5th - No School - Yom Kippur
• October 10th - No School for Students - Indigenous Peoples’ Day
• October 24th - No School - Diwali
• October 28th - 2hr Early Release - End of Quarter
• October 31st - No School for Students - Teacher Work Day
• Sign up for a parent teacher conference if you have not already done so.
• Make sure your child comes to school with one easy and healthy snack and water bottle every day.
• Contact the attendance office if there is a change to your child’s schedule.

Language Arts

What We Learned This Past Month:

• Building our stamina and monitoring our reading 
• Reading and having conversations with a partner
• Following the writing process and sharing our writing with others

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

• We will learn about characters’ traits and feelings by noticing what they say and do. 
• We will write personal narratives. These are stories about small moments that gave us big feelings.​​​​​

Math

What We Learned This Past Month:

• Counting by tens, fives, and twos
• Solving real world addition and subtraction problems within 20

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

• We will begin the first part of our base 10 unit. In this unit, the students will read, write, and identify the place value of each digit in a two digit numeral. The students will also learn how to identify the number that is 10 more and 10 less than a given number, compare and order numbers, and round to the nearest ten.

Science

What We Learned This Past Month:

• Learning about the life cycle of a monarch

What We Will Be Learning Next Month:

• Learning about how animals and plants live in a community with other living and non living components

Social Studies

What We Learned This Past Month: 

• We focused on building our classroom community and establishing routines.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month:

• We will learn about symbols, traditions, and United States geography.

News From Our AART  - Ms. Grabel

A Mindmap is a research- based strategy using colors, symbols, images, and words that all relate to a specific topic. The topic with the main image/symbol is represented in the middle of the students’ work, and then branches flow out of the structure based on the main ideas related to that topic. Students use a different color or line for each main idea, and add as many pictures, and 1 word per branch.

Topics for mindmaps can vary by age, and ideas. Many students find it easy to start with themselves as the main topic first, and then add branches based on hobbies, activities, school, family, etc. Older students can use this technique to review and practice for tests/assessments, or as an end of unit concept map. Often students enjoy making mindmaps on specific science, math or social studies content. Students can also create one on a book they’ve read, which can help them gain a deeper understanding of the concepts, perspectives, and relationships between ideas. Encouraging students to use symbols and images can really stretch their ability and thinking! Give it a try at home with the following idea:

Your Challenge:

Create a Mind Map of our community! Where do people play or get exercise? Where do you eat? Where do we shop? Where do we get help if we need it? Where do people come together to learn? Be sure to use pictures and colors to create your mind map!