Week of 10/22

Language Arts:
This week's story: How Many Fish?
Strategy: Drawing Conclusions
Skill: Setting/Plot
Phonics: short i word families
Writing: complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation, 4-square organization of writing/Book Characters

Math:
We are wrapping up our study of geometry this week. The kids loved creating the shape animals below (I'm sorry it's sideways - if any blogger-friends can assist, please do. =) It's edited in iphoto, but won't rotate when loaded on Blogger).

Science:  
We are moving right along. Students did an AWESOME job with day and night. Again, I was very impressed with all they knew and all that they were able to soak up. Has your child given you a lesson in why we have day and night yet? How many facts can he or she tell you about the sun and the Earth? This week, we are moving on to our Social Studies unit that explores communities in Virginia (SOL 1.12). Students will understand that we are a diverse group of people, but we are united as Americans. We'll also take a look at why a local government is important in a community.

Other important notices/reminders:

• October 29th is the due date for the Fall Fundraiser. Remember, if you don't have time to sell items, you can make a monetary donation to CAES PTA! 
• The Book Fair is coming up 11/5 - 11/15. Flyers went home today with volunteer opportunities. If you can volunteer your time, please send the form back asap. =)  
• Remember to send in plastic bags for the Isle be Green recycling program.
• Our class is doing GREAT with the Boxtops contest - keep sending those in!