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Our Weekly Learning   10-14-16
News and Information NO SCHOOL MONDAY! Tuesday 10/18 is Picture Day!  If you would like to order, you can send in the order form or there is also the option to order online. We have a new district website at www.cleverbluejays.org  You can also download the app in the Google play store or Apple app store by searching for "clever rv school district".   Make sure you have signed up for a conference time. Conferences are next week!!! Please sign up for SeeSaw. This will allow you to see your child participating in various activities and I plan to use it for some assessments. It is very user friendly and lets me quickly share things to the whole class or to individual parents.
Language Workshop This week we continued our poetry unit. We started applying what we learned about nouns. We created a “My Favorite Nouns” book. We are having a blast looking through our books and discovering nouns as we read. We will start learning about Fairy Tales next week.	Math Workshop We finished Topic 3, “Five and Ten Relationships” and continued practicing math centers. The kids are really enjoying the activities. We pretested Topic 4 and will start Topic 4 next week. **If you have any dominoes, playing cards, or uno cards, that you do not use--we would gladly take them off your hands to use for our centers.
Word Study We reviewed the word wall this week. We will go in more depth on what a noun is. We will be putting words in categories on “What is a noun, and what is not a noun.”	Writing Workshop We continued working on the writing process by practicing prewriting and drafting. We also introduced revising and editing. We learned the different marks used to correct errors in our writing.
Next Week We will start our unit on Fairy Tales. We will continue to work with nouns. In math, we will start Topic 4. Writing will be a continuation of using the writing process and the writing binders. Tuesday will be picture day, and Friday, we will have our Read-a-thon. Remember, our character word for October is Responsibility.	Important Dates     October 17: No School October 18: Picture Day October 18 & 20: Fall Conferences Don’t forget to sign up. October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week October 28: Halloween Party