Week of 11/2/15

Happy November!
I can't believe it's November already!  Can you?  Thursday was our 40th day of school!  It has been a warm week, so it's been great to get outside and enjoy the weather!
A few important reminders coming up:

• Continue checking in on your child's homework and returning the packet on Fridays.  We had a conversation this week about reading every night and how important it is!
• Wednesday, the 11th, there is no school.
• Thursday, the 12th, at 12:30, we are going to the book fair.  It is up to you if you choose to send money with your child.  You may also join us if you'd like…it is about 20 min.  Students are bringing home a wish list they wrote after previewing the options today.  Please keep in mind that tax is NOT included.  Please send money in a zip loc bag with their name on it and I have asked them all to not be purchasing toys.  If you're ok with that, please find a time they can go with you.  Thanks for your cooperation in advance!
• On Monday, you will receive a cut out bear and directions.  We are having students make "Heritage Bears".  This can be worked on over the next 2 weeks and is in addition to homework.  
• Wednesday, the 25th has dismissal at 12:00 (NOT 12:30).  There is no school the 26th and 27th. 

3, 2, 1 things you should know about this week…

3 non-fiction text features we've been learning to identify are photographs (to show something), captions (to tell about the picture), and diagrams (to show what something is or to show inside something).

2 skills we've been working on in writing is using different writing styles to make our books more interesting.  We can make our words bigger to add excitement, such as "When we arrived my whole family was excited, excited, and even more excited then when we left!" We can also uses ellipses to help us keep the reader in suspense, such as "We arrived at the hotel and saw something strange…"

1 thing Logan wants you to know is we went to look at all the available books at the book fair.

Here are some pictures from our music performance this morning from Crocodile River Music.