Pumpkins!

First off we want to say a HUGE THANK YOU! to the Spears PTA.  Look at all of the books on cd that we received from them.  Thank you all for joining and supporting PTA so that they can provide such wonderful resources for our classroom!

 Look how AWESOME we looked in our orange on Thursday!

 This week in math we worked on creating and extending patterns.  We have also been talking about growing patterns.  Your kiddos are professionals at naming those patterns using letters when they see them!

 During literacy time we have been talking about syllables, rhyming, and vowels/consonants.  Ask you child to name rhyming words or tell you how many syllables are in words while you are riding in the car this week.  I know you will be impressed with all that they know!

 In writing workshop we have learned that all great stories have characters, settings, and a major event.  It has been fun to listen to your children read their fabulous stories and to point out these things.

 In science we have learned about the life cycle of pumpkins.  We have talked about how it is similar and different from the life cycle of an apple. 

Don't forget that Decade Dash packets are due Tuesday, October 18. 
Picture Day is next Wednesday.  If you are ordering pictures it would really help me out if you would send in the envelope before Wednesday.  Kindergarten are usually the first group up and having the envelopes before time will help us be organized and ready when it is our turn.
The Decade Dash will be next Friday.  We will run from 11:45-12:30.