Weekly Newsletter 10/25/10

**NOTES TO PARENTS**
Friday, October 29th is our annual Harvest Fest. We are in need of candy for the booths for prizes. The class that has the most candy donated will win a party of their choice. Ms. O’Hare and I are going to be working together with a Nerf target practice booth. I need parent volunteers to help run the booth. All booths will accept these tickets. Tickets are on sale now 5 tickets for $1 until October 27th. The night of the event tickets will be 4 tickets for a $1.00.
Schedule for Harvest Booth:
6:00-6:30 - Andy’s parent & Blaise’s parent
6:30-7:00 - Jennifer’s parent & Andy’s Cousin
7:00 – 7:30 – No one
7:30 – 8:30 - No one
If you could please work the booth please let me know as soon as possible.

Today starts off our Just Say No To Drugs Week. We will be discussing different topics relating to just saying no and many fun activities throughout the week. Make sure to ask your child what they learned about just saying no to drugs.

On Friday, October 29th our class will have a Harvest Party. Students may bring in goodies to share with the class. We do have 27 students and 1 teacher.

** WHAT WE ARE LEARNING**
In Phonics, we will learn about combinations.

In Math, we will be studying whole numbers along with telling time in five-minute intervals, identifying place value to hundreds, adding two-digit numbers using mental computation, and naming line segments.

In reading, we will finish up reviewing making new words and start on working with words.

In writing and language arts, we will learn about verbs and understanding the topic.

In Science, we will learn about inventions and technology.

In Social Studies, the class will learn about U.S. geography/world geography.

Spelling List
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

Spelling Tic Tac Toe