The Gower Gazette
Week 10- Oct. 5, 2018
In the Classroom...
This week we learned all about adjectives. The kids created their very own monster to go with our book of the week- Go Away Big Green Monster. Then they had to use adjectives to describe it. They had a blast working on these. They're hanging in the hallway so if you come for our class party next week, you'll get to see them.
We are learning to solve subtraction problems in math and relating these equations to addition. The kids really seem to have a good understanding of this concept. We will continue to work with addition and subtraction problems next week.
In Science this week we took a switch from the moon to learning about plastic and how it's starting to hurt our environment. The kids were able to identify between useful plastic and non-useful plastic. They went on plastic hunts in our classroom and even outside where they found a lot of plastic trash laying around that could harm animals. We had some great discussions. Our lessons this week helped prepare us for a Skype we had in Portugal, where we were able to learn more about plastic and share what we had learned. The kids had a great time participating and rocked a Kahoot at the end of the Skype!
Global Read Aloud started this week. Classrooms in countries all over the world are taking part and we are too. This week our story was, My Heart Fills With Happiness. The kids then worked on an activity where thought about the things, places, people, and activities they loved. These turned out super cute and are in your child's Friday Folder.
With Skyping and tie-dying today, I did not get an opportunity to grade the kids spelling test. These will go home next week.
Our Fall Party is next Friday, Oct. 12th!!! There's are a lot of fun activities planned for the kids and you all are invited to come. We've had 3 parents send in the $3 to help cover the cost of the materials for the party (this is in addition to the sign-up genius). Please be sure to send this in on Monday to help reimburse the parents who are planning our party. We had many parents sign up to bring items for the party on our sign-up genius. If you could send the party items in on Monday that would be awesome too. We really appreciate all of your support in helping make this party a fun and memorable event for the kids.
We have 2 weeks left... next week we will be learning about pumpkins. Please check out our wish list to see items that we could use.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I can't wait to see you guys at our party. It begins at 9:30!
Take Care,
Ms. Gower
Congratulations AR Readers!
- Molly- 5 pts
- Julian- 5 pts
October Birthdays!
- Aaron- 5th
- Lilly- 14th
- Austin- 31st
We Could Use...
- 5 different shaped & colored pumpkins
- Cool Whip
- 3 Pumpkin Pies
Mark Your Calendars-
- Wed. Oct. 10- Report Cards Go Home
- Fri. Oct. 12- Fall Fest (Class Party) @9:30 (Dress Up in Costumes)
- Fri. Oct. 19- Track Out Day & Fun Run!
Notes-
- Party- Don't forget to send in $3 for the party on Monday!! Halloween costumes are welcome for the party (this includes adults too).
- Project- The kids will start doing some research next week for their country. Once they collect this info, I'll send it home so they can use it to complete their project.
- Report Cards- These will go home next week. Look for them on Wednesday.
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