Week of October 29, 2018

       This will be an extremely busy week as the children prepare for our field trip to Walden Farm, fall party, and voting on Friday.  Please continue to talk with your child about listening, following direction, and following classroom and school expectation.  We are working on responsibility in class. . You can help your child by reminding them at home to return their binder, AR book, homework,  and other supplies that they may need in school.

       The children will be going to P.E. and recess outside.  Make sure your child is dressed for the weather.  Please put your child's name in jackets, sweaters, and hoodies.   

FIELD TRIP:

The children will go to Walden Farms on Tuesday.  We will leave the school between 8:15-8:30.  Parents are invited to go.  If you are planning on going on the field trip you must send in your money for the field trip on Monday.  The cost of the field trip is $7.00.  It must be paid in cash.  All children should bring a lunch with a drink.  We will have lunch in our classroom when we return back to school.  All children will need to wear an EH shirt and long jeans to school.  

First/Second Grade Play:

Here is what is needed for their costumes: A PLAIN yellow t-shirt (no writing, design or print-please see attachment, you can find these at places like Hobby Lobby) with either black or orange pants (Girls can choose to wear leggings or tights) We are asking you to send $5 for the costume head piece (Mark envelope for musical). Dark shoes or tennis shoes.  They need their costume for "dress rehearsal/pictures" on November 27th., Tuesday. Please send costume to school that day.  

Fall Party:

The children will enjoy a fall party on Wednesday, October 31st.  The party will begin at 1:15.  The children should bring a special treat to go in their classmates pumpkin and bring the item that you signed up to send for the party.  The children can wear an EH shirt and jeans or fall shirt.

Election:

The children will be learning about the election process, candidates running for the senate and for governor.  They will be voting on Friday.

Fundraising:  

Your child brought home their fundraising information on Friday.  Please encourage your child to sell at least one item.  

 The children will work on the following skills:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with long /a/ silent e
• Discriminating between long /a/ and short /a/
• Read, write, and use contractions in their writing.
• Read, write, and use compound word.
• Write narratives about fall.
• Continue to work on learning sight words.  (Child should continue to review sight words at home.
• Solve word problems on addition, subtraction, and comparing numbers.
• Learn double addition facts.
• Continue to work on identifying number families
• Read, discuss, and write about fall.
• Learn about the voting process.
• Continue to learn about map skills.
• Weekly Spelling Words:  make, take, came, game, gate, late, cake, shake, name, snake      Bonus words:   Halloween -Election
• Students will read and discuss weekly Bible story "Jacob Tricks Esau" Genesis 25"19-34 

Weekly memory verse  Genesis 28:15
 God said to Jacob: "I am with you and will watch over you..."