Congrats!

Madison Power and Marley Leventis tied for 2nd place in the Written-in-Stone writing contest! The topic was "Beauty is...." . These essays will be displayed outside Mrs. Buto's door on the first floor. Stop by to read them.

WOW !!

I have 2 things to brag about....Hazel did A LOT of RazKids this week; and Isabella remembered the word circumference when I asked "What is the measurement around our pumpkin called?"

Today, we cut our pumpkin and looked at the inside and the seeds. The lunch ladies were nice enough to roast them for us. Lots of students tried our roasted pumpkin seeds today! Many of them asked for second helpings!

Math

We have been studying addition and subtraction. When we subtract, we sometimes use a number line to help us. For example, if the problem says 6-2, we begin at the 6 and jump back 2 spaces. We land on the 4, which is the answer!

We are also studying how to read graphs and organize information on a graph. We will start learning about using tally marks to count objects, later this week.

On Thurs., we will measure the circumference of a large pumpkin. Be sure to ask your child what circumference means!

Reading

Joseph, Van, Gabriel, Alden, Allison, William, Jalen, J'Kias, Hazel and Lander all received popsicles for reading and recording 20 books on their reading log!

I enjoyed reading individually with many students today! Students are doinbg a great job reading independently.

Hazel's mom has been in several times to read stories to us. We loved those Halloween stories.

Madison's mom came in to work with a literature circle, which several students enjoyed.

Participation on Raz kids has slowed down a bit. I hope you will get back to it when you can. You may have noticed that there are new names on the class list. We do not have new students in our class, but I had extra spaces allowed, so I included some friends.

We are not doing a new story in our reading book tis week. We are reading the health text instead , because it is red ribbon week.

Science

We have been fortunate to have a lot of great science experiences. We had 3 weeks of science rotations with our district science kits. Then we went to the children's museum and learned about friction and other science concepts. Today we are participating in National Chemistry Day with students and teachers from Clemson University and Furman University ! Ask your child about the cool experiments they did at school!

Do you know what cleans dirty pennies best? water, milk, vinegar or ketchup? Ask your child.
Which kind of bouncy ball will bounce higher? a warm bouncy ball or a cold bouncy ball? Ask your child.
Will a wooden car move quickly or slowly over wax paper? sandpaper? smooth wood? bubble wrap? Ask your child.

Raz Kids report

Alden, Allison, Connor, Hazel, Jack T, Joseph, Madison and William worked on Raz Kids this week! Great job! Happy reading!

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