Greetings!

Fall is certainly in the air, and I hope that you enjoyed the beautiful weekend as much as I did! Although leaves are falling, I still appreciate the deep reds and oranges that decorate the trees!

Classroom Announcements:

• Picture retakes will be held this Friday, November 13^th. Please send your child to school with their original photo package to swap for a new picture.
• Our next BEA is a free choice project. Your children have chosen and started reading a “just right” book. I have provided each child with a menu, and all have “ordered” their choices and have received materials to complete this assignment. This BEA will be due on Monday, November 23. 
• I truly appreciate all of your tissue and supply donations! As the winter months approach, please feel free to continue sending in tissues!
• Have you recently found that you’ve lost a sock or two in the dryer? I have a solution! Please send lonely (yet clean) socks in to the classroom, as we can use them to wipe personal dry erase boards clean! This will prevent your child from using their sleeves, and will preserve the tissues that we desperately need for our noses.
• We have started to implement weekly math vocabulary into the homework schedule. The goal here is to allow students to become more familiar with and preview math vocabulary from upcoming lessons. This was introduced in class today, and was received well! I even heard whispers exclaiming, "this is fun homework!"

We are very excited for the week ahead! Although it is a short week, we plan to continue working on endings for short stories, explore fractions, and begin a new read aloud. Please ask your child about the recent guests we have invited into our classroom to sign the charter.

Enjoy the week, and stay tuned!

Best,

Jen and Denise