Week of September 27th

Hi Families! I can't believe that it is already going to be October this coming Friday! Wow! We sure had fun this week watching Because of Winn Dixie on Thursday and having our Apple Day on Friday.  I was amazed when we watched Winn Dixie at how many details the children could pick out that were different between the story and the movie.  I love it!  Everyone brought their apple for Apple Day! Yeah! I am so proud of the kids! We had a good time and hopefully they learned a lot!  We had stations where I worked with one group at a time.  They included: finding their apples' weight in grams and ounces, finding their apples' circumference and height in both centimeters and inches, apple taste testing, and using the scientific method to determine whether an apple would sink or float. I read a tall tale called Johnny Appleseed and we topped off our day eating homemade applesause with our kindergarten buddies! Fun! Thanks to Jumbos for donating apples to our class for our applesauce and taste testing! I really appreciate it!!


This week looks like this:


Reading - We will be enjoying our literature circles again this week.  The skills we will be concentrating on are fluency and finding the main ideas of each chapter.


English - Verbs.....I will also give the children highlighter tape to highlight verbs in their literature circle books.


Spelling - List 3(sounds of  'a') This week I will make sure I add the list to spellingcity.com.  Sorry I failed to do that last week...it completely slipped my mind! (I think I may be losing a little of my mind parenting a teenager and a toddler at the same time......I can't believe the similarities! Ha!) I will also start spelling enrichment this week and will add that list as well.  Spelling enrichment, remember, is completely optional, but I really encourage it for those that find our regular spelling list unchallenging. :)


Math - Estimating sums and differences, adding and subtracting 4 digit numbers, and subtracting across zeros


Social Studies - Native American Removal, Civil War, moving West, land runs and cattle drives.....We will also make a clay artifact typical of the earliest people of Oklahoma...the Spiro Mound people. I also sent a homework project home with the children on Thursday.  This assignment is due on October 5th.  It is both a social studies grade and a reading grade.  It is called a 5 Pocket Person.  Make sure to ask your child for the directions I sent home describing the project. 


Please continue to vote on our limeadesforlearning.com grant......remember to click on Find a Project and search by keyword: owl.........it's called "Hands on Learning right from the Owl's Mouth".  Thanks!


***Also, don't forget about the Scrip Gift Card Program.  Orders are due October 1st.  This is a great and easy way to support your school! It's money you already spend anyway.  For instance, I spend a few hundred dollars at Walmart each month, so I will just buy the Scrip Gift Card to Walmart.  I will pay with it when I shop and money will go back to Glenwood.  My family eats out sometimes, so I will buy a $25 Scrip Gift Card to Chilis.  It's money that I will spend anyway and Chilis will give some back to Glenwood.  I encourage you to take a look at this program if you haven't done so yet.  It is such an awesome way to help our school.  Believe me, with all the budget cuts lately, every dollar helps!


Take a look at our 2 kiddos who have passed their multiplication tests through 12's!! Kayla came in first with Brennan a close behind second!! Good job kids!!  We have several more headed to their 12's possibly this week!!