The Weber Weekly

What a spook-tacular week we've had!  Even with the rain, the kids had a blast at the party and parade yesterday.  We couldn't have done it without the wonderful planning and organization of our volunteers.  BIG thanks to Mrs. Baikie, Mrs. Butusov, Mrs. Neilis, and Mrs. Offerman.  The kids had a great time playing games, making spider crafts, and eating lots of yummy treats.  Thanks to all of you who donated goodies for the party; I don't think anyone left hungry yesterday!   I can't wait to share pictures of our Halloween fun with all of you!

We made Cheesy Spider Webs for our recipe books today.  I am amazed at the dedication the kids put into their handwriting on the recipe cards.  These books will be a real treasure at the end of second grade.  Thank you to the Butusov, Eassa, and Ebner families for being our Snazzy Snack shoppers this month. 

The class worked really hard in writing this week.  Everyone learned how to use transition words to sequence pictures to tell a story.  Sequencing puts events in order from first to last and it allows the student to visualize what is happening in the story.  This important skill crosses over into all curriculum areas, especially science and math, so we will be revisiting this in the future. 

Shared reading was jam-packed with mini-lessons this week.  We read an historical fiction book called The Ox-Cart Man.  This beautifully written story tells of how a family long ago used an ox-cart through the seasons to sell goods for money.  We reviewed compound words and also focused on plural nouns and compound sentences with conjunctions. 

Everyone did an excellent job on their math outcome assessment this week.  I'm excited to share the results of this test with you at conference next week.  I'm so proud of the hard work and perseverance displayed during math in our classroom.

I'm really looking forward to meeting with all of you next week for your child's conference.  Don't forget to bring your son/daughter along with you.  The students have so much exciting work to share!  Please let me know if you need a reminder of your conference time.

Enjoy the weekend!