Dear Unicorn Families!
As
excited as the children were about investigating pumpkins, they now think the
opposite of decomposing pumpkins! They
think those are very gross. With the
nice warm weather, the mold microbes have taken over and are using all the food
that the pumpkins are offering. We will continue
to make observations for the time being.
We continued to investigate seeds this week and we will finish up next
week as we put some seeds in plastic bags and start the growing process. We finished up our Mem Fox unit and we will
start with mental imagery next week. We
will use short poems to have the children create mental pictures of what they
are reading in the poem. In small groups
and with group lessons, we are working hard to make sure we have all the parts
of a personal narrative, so that soon we will be able to write one that we can
publish.
I
hope the first week of spelling went well at home. Please check your child’s backpack on Monday
for the corrected spelling test and new list to study for next week. If you have any questions, please let me
know. I will give the words out of order
and I change the way I make the order each week to see if they have mastered
the words.
As
Halloween comes closer, please remember to send healthy snacks to school like
granola bars, crackers, cheese sticks or fruit.
Research shows that sugary snacks like candy, rice crispy treats or
cookies make it much harder for children to focus on school work. Also, there will be no costumes on Halloween
day. If you are coming to Spiders and
Cider on October 27, please remember that weapons and full masks are not
allowed on campus. If you have any
questions, please see the FFO website for more details. All tickets can be purchased through the FFO
website. The address is www.sunriseffo.org.
Thank
you to the families that sent in Box Tops.
There will be another collection in spring, so please keep saving
them. You can bring them in any time,
our collection box is always on the counter.
There are many events coming up over the next couple of weeks. Jump Rope for Heart finishes up on November 3rd
. We have a day off for Veteran’s
Day on November 10th. The First Grade Parent Breakfast is on
November 17th. Please watch
your child’s homework for all upcoming dates.
I
hope everyone has a wonderful fall break.
Mrs. Berk
