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November 3rd, 2017

Dear parents and guardians,

We have had a very busy week! We got a lot of our work in progress finished and are beginning some new writing activities. We have continued to work on our sight words and poems. The sight words that we have learned so far are:

- the
- of
- and
- a
- to
- in
- is
- you
- that
- it
- he
- was
- for
- on
- are
- as
- with
- his
- they
- I
- at
- be
- this
- have
- from
- or
- one
- had
- by
- words
- but
- not
- what
- all.
This week we finished up our descriptive writing about pumpkins. We are excited to put them up on our bulletin boards in the hall along with the art that we have been working on. Have your child locate the "juicy", or descriptive words in each of the following:



Some of the students have finished their pumpkin art projects while others are still working to complete the more complex project. In both projects, we focused on perspective and how the way the lines can create different effects. Here are some examples of each:





We also began our newest wall story this week, which is based on Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". We have only finished one page, but the students worked very hard on them and are very proud of the work they have done on them so far. Here are a couple of examples. Ask your child to point out the descriptive language in each.




We have really been working hard over the course of the year to stretch out or words so we can hear all of the sounds. We have been focusing on beginning and end sounds, and then filling in the letters in between. See if your child can read these words to you:



In social studies, we discussed the word "belonging". We asked students to describe the groups that they belong to. Ask your child what groups they believe that they belong to!



Reminder:

- School Photos came home this week. The deadline to order photos is November 18th. 

Message from the Office:

Hello Parents/Guardians
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