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This Friday we have lots of helpers coming in to help us celebrate the continents that we studied. They will be bringing in food from all over the world, thanks to Mrs. Southworth for suggesting and organizing this and to all of the parents who will be sending in yummy food for us to sample at the end of the week. We are still collecting dry rice and beans if you would like to send some in.

What a busy month we have had. I'm very proud of what our kids are doing in class, they are really working hard and doing such a good job! In writing we are working on a monster exchange. We drew a monster and composed a writing piece describing exactly how to draw it. Then we sent our writing to our friend in Mrs. Walker's class but hid our monster picture to see if they could follow our written directions. We found out it is much harder than it sounds but we did an excellent job!

We started a new reading log and spelling menu this week. They are both in our BEE books and you can print them from the "homework helper" section of our web page.

We have been studying the muscular system and skeletal system of the the human body in science. The kids are having fun learning the names of the bones this week and using an online program to "put Annie back together"!

We are still focused on the concept of multiplication. More information on how you can help your child at home will be coming soon if you are interested. Don't forget that when the workbook sheets come home, they always have a page number in the top right corner for the hardback "parent helper" book that the kids keep in their back packs. This is a wonderful resource for you!

We have finished our read aloud The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo. This was my first time to read this book. I was very impressed with how the kids stayed focused and were with me through the whole adventure. We really enjoyed reading it! Now we are on to one of my favorites, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. The last few weeks we have been learning how good readers make mental images to help them understand the story. We have just started studying inferring as related to the characters in a book.

Our Fun Run has officially been kicked off! It will be a very important fund raiser for us this year!! Look for information to come home in back packs today and thank you for all of your support!

The kids can wear pajamas this Friday, no costumes please. They can also bring a small pillow that fits in the back pack.

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Have a great week!!