Greetings from Room 10
During this past week, the children have been enjoying Literacy Stations while Ms. Cassuci and I taught guided reading. As I previously mentioned, our focus has been fluency, and they have enjoyed the readers' theatre program. In writing, most of the students finalized typing their special place piece. A few stragglers will have to finish up later this week. So far the historical fiction unit has been enthusiastically embraced. Our focus this week will be character traits.
This is a reminder that the final round of Parent-Teacher conferences will be held on Tuesday afternoon, and therefore, the children will be dismissed at 11:45am. I have thoroughly enjoyed having an opportunity to chat with parents of room 10, and I have learned a lot about your children.
On Thursday afternoon at 2:15pm, we will be celebrating Halloween with delicious and delectable treats provided by you! We wanted to thank you in advance for your kindness. Each of you are invited to attend our holiday party, especially in light of the fact that this may be the last in-class Halloween party your child will experience. The party is scheduled to end at 3:00pm so that the school buses can arrive and park timely.
Several young ladies of 5B planned a fundraiser for Breast Cancer which was held at the Harvest Dance on Friday evening. After having made many bracelets, the girls sold them during the event. Many thanks to Mrs. Ferrari for helping the girls plan this worthwhile endeavor.
The crayfish unit is winding down. Last week's vocabulary test proved to be quite successful. Starting this week, you should see your child bring home their blue binder as they begin to study for the crayfish unit test. I am planning for the test to be held on Wednesday, November 6th. By having it earlier in the week, studying should not interfere with the Lip Sync extravaganza on November 7th.
Please remind your child that Thursday, October 31st is the due date for the first Betor's Bulls-Eye project. Many of the projects have been brought in and shared with the class. Wow! I have been very impressed.
Take care and hopefully we will see you on Thursday. Lester B. and Class
