October 1-5

Thank you all so much for attending parent teacher conferences. I really enjoyed having the chance to speak with each of you about your child last week.  I hope that you were able to share some positive feedback with him or her after we met.

This week is Bully Prevention Week at PRE.  Here is the schedule of events for the week:

Monday, October 1 – "Words Hurt, so…Choose them Kindly!"　 All classroom teachers will get a word bubble, your class is in charge of brainstorming a list of kind words – if you could get these to me by the end of that day that would be awesome!　 I want to get them on display, so they can be a reminder to kids all week.　 I will assign a few letters to each class to brainstorm – that way we don’t have a bunch of word bubbles with the same words on them!　

Tuesday, October 2 – "Team up against bullying!"

　 Today we want everyone to show they are teaming up against bullying by wearing their favorite team jersey or t-shirt!

Wednesday, October 3 – "Walk out on Bullying!"　

Today we are walking out on bullying, so wear your favorite fitness gear and sneakers!　 First thing, right after announcements, we will have our second annual bully walk.　 The students will walk around the perimeter of the school and playground to make a bully free barrier.　 Please make sure your students know the reason behind it!

Thursday, October 4 – "I’m too Bright to be a Bully!"　

To show that we are too bright to bully, wear bright clothing today!　 I will also be giving students a bookmark with this year’s bully theme on it.

Friday, October 5 –

"Our school is Bully Free!"　 To show pride in making our school bully-free, wear your favorite PRE spirit wear!

Reading-

We will begin Theme 3 today, What is Light?  Students will practice the reading strategy "inferrring" during this theme.  When you infer, you use your own ideas to help you understand what you read. 

Spelling-

The spelling pattern this week is when the long vowel sound is created by adding a silent 'e' at the end of a word.  This is also called the VCe pattern(Vowel, Consonant, silent e).

Writing-

Students will be practicing their friendly letter writing as they write letters to pen pals.  The pen pals that we will have this year are from the Derrick Thomas Academy in Kansas City, Kansas.  We will also be writing to another very special pen pal, Addisen, who moved to Texas last week! 

Math-

We will begin Topic 3 this week, Using Place Value to Add and Subtract.  The lessons this week will be adding with an expanded algorithm, adding 3-digit numbers by showing a model, adding 3-digit numbers, and adding 3 or more numbers.  We will also be reviewing skills from Topic 2 and restesting later this week.

Science-

We will be preparing Solar Cookers on Thursday.  This will require you to send in $0.50 to purchase the pizza box and a few other items as well.  Please check your child's Monday folder for a list of things that we are in need of to help us make solar cookers.  Our plan is to have a solar cookout on Friday, however, the weather looks a little chilly and we may need to postpone it until next week.  We still plan on preparing the cookers Thursday regardless of when the cookout will be.  Please let me know if you are able to supply us with one of the items on the list, and make sure to send it in by Wednesday this week.  Thanks!

Social Studies-

Students are working in groups to create 3-dimensional  models of rural, urban and suburban communities.