Weekly Newsletter 10/26/09

**NOTES TO PARENTS**

Friday, October 30th is our annual Harvest Fest. This year it will be at our Lakeside Campus. We are in need of candy for the booths for prizes. The class that brings in the most candy will receive a party of their choice. We are also in need of donations of hot dogs and hot dog buns. I am in desperate need of volunteers to help run the booth. Please let me know if you can help out for a 30 minute shift.

We are doing a couple of art projects this week. I will need each parent to bring in a small pumpkin by Thursday. We are going to be decorating them for our classroom. I am also going to need each student to bring in a brown paper bag half full with scrap materials (old newspapers, magazines, wrapping paper, yarn etc) by Wednesday. We are going to be creating our own scarecrows.

We will also have a Harvest party in our classroom on October 30th. Students may bring in goodies to share with the class. We do have 25 children and 2 adults in the classroom this year. Our party will take place at 10:00 a.m.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at misty_fite@yahoo.com or 721-4205.

** WHAT WE ARE LEARNING**

In Phonics, we will learn about combinations.
In Math, we will be working on adding three or more single-digit numbers, telling and showing time to five-minute-intervals, and identifying place value to hundreds.
In writing and language arts, we are learning about verbs and the editing process.
In Science, we will continue to learn about life cycles of animals and plants.
In Social Studies, the class will start to learn about majestic peaks and deserts.

Spelling List

Monday: Write each word 3 times
Tuesday: write words 1-15 in sentences.
Wednesday: write words 1-15 in ABC order
Thursday: Study
Friday: Test

1. start
2. March
3. chart
4. after
5. number
6. winter
7. sister
8. north
9. short
10. corn
11. square
12. quite
13. white
14. when
15. while
16. startle
17. thunder
18. storm
19.quit
20.wheel