A Peek at November 2-6

Happy Sunday Evening Huard Huddle Families!

It has been a busy weekend here at the Huard Home as I'm sure it has been at your home as well.  I am sad to see this event filled weekend come to an end but I am excited to see my other little loves tomorrow morning!




Reminders:

PLEASE NO CANDY!    Please explain to your child that the candy is for home. We don't need the extra sugar (times 18 kids) and I am trying to emphasize healthy choices! Thank you for your understanding!


NO SCHOOL Tuesday, November 3.


October Reading Log: please remember to send in your October reading logs. (color in the pumpkin for each book you read) It was sent home the beginning of October in their book bag. The BOOK BAGS should be coming to school each day so I can monitor the reading log and put new books in. Thank you!

Fundraiser: On Friday a new fundraiser went home. It is to help cover the cost of our Scholastic Magazine we get each week. Please consider purchasing one item! The class with the most in sales in K-2 will win a pizza party and the student with the most sales will win a $50 gift card to Toys R Us! Good luck!!



At the end of the month, our last day of school before Thanksgiving, the HUARD HUDDLE  will be presenting a SHORT, yet entertaining presentation about the First Thanksgiving. They don't know yet! I plan on telling them this week and begin "rehearsals" soon! Just wanted parents and family to know so you can plan. I'm not sure of the time. I usually do it at 2 but now that we have special then I need to speak with our specials teacher to see if we can still do it at 2.  An invitation will go home once we get the date and times set. THANK YOU!

 

Parents! I can't thank you enough for your donations of pumpkins and apples this past week! Our applesauce was delish! Our pumpkins....they were PUMPTASTIC! We got down and dirty on Friday. Some of my loves were not keen on the "mushy, gross stuff" but I loved it! We are going to be doing some great little experiments over the next few weeks with them. All of this would not be possible without your donations so THANK YOU!

 

Starting this week we will have a Student of the Week!

(each child will have the opportunity!)

Congratulation CORINNE! You're friends in the Huard Huddle are very proud of you!

Here is what the week will entail for the STAR!

Monday: Bring in their Star Student poster. They will get it the Friday before their week. They decorate it over the weekend and with your help answer the questions. They will share it with their friends Monday. 

Tuesday: Favorite Book! They can bring in a short book from home. If they want to have a guest reader come in and read to the class they can! It would be at 8:30 or they can read to us! I have books in class your child can choose from. 

Wednesday: Favorite toy. Please no toy guns or weapons!

Thursday: Bring in a special item that relates to a hobby, trip, sport or anything special to them.

Friday: MYSTERY BAG! Get creative! They can bring in a secret item that we will put in a special MYSTERY BAG when they get to school. The class will practice asking 20 questions to figure out what is hidden in the bag. It can be anything!

The focus of student of the week is for my loves to practice speaking in front of a group, sharing information about themselves and letting us learn a little bit more about each special friend. We practice listening, asking questions, giving comments and keeping the focus on the STAR and not ourselves. There are so many important skills to be taught throughout this experiences. Little do they know how important they are!  

Readers Workshop:

This week we will enjoy a mini author study! DONALD CREWS! 

Photo by Ann Jonas

Biography

Donald Crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Books Freight Train and Truck. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.

       I know we will all enjoy these wonderful books written and illustrated by him! I'm sure we can make some connections to our own small moments and write some wonderful personal narratives just like DONALD CREWS!

This week I will be working on introducing our poetry journals! The purpose of the poetry journal is to practice reading poems and chants we are familiar with. They help improve phonemic awareness skills, phonics skills, and fluency. We will be looking for word wall words in them, highlighting punctuation and illustrating them!


Sight Words: am, are, in
Sight Word Reader: We Are
Letters: I and R    (i, itch, /i/, r, rat, /r/

Writers Workshop: 
Monday we are going to be reading ISH.  

 Ish is a story about "A creative spirit learns that thinking "ish-ly" is far more wonderful than "getting it right" in this gentle new fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book THE DOT."   Look for this wonderful book in your child's book order!  Scholastic does offer it! 

This week we will talk about the Writing Environment, our Writing Tools and start creating our family web!

Math:

Monday: Directional words (above, beside, under, between, below)
Wednesday: counting and sorting
Thursday: Creating number lines from numbers other than 1. (this will be whole group modeling)
Friday:  Working independently to create number lines!

Here are some pics of our FUN FILLED week! Making applesauce, exploring pumpkins, painting with apples and other fun activities!