OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: Week of: October 5-9, 2026
Theme (science/social studies/literacy: Our class is working on how to decode/figure out the meaning of unknown words. Last week we talked about "chunking" the word by looking for phonicvs rules we recognize. This week we will discuss using context clues within sentences to determine the meaning of unknown words.
As we continue our study of cultures, students will make a concept web using pictures of cultural components by cutting pictures from magazines (language, culture, food, sports/activities, clothing, etc.)
Writing: We continue to work on identifying fragments and complete sentences as well as expanding sentences to make them stronger using the five W questions. Students are writing "strong" sentences about scarecrows they drew! We are working on using dictionary skills to find words we don't know how to spell. In handwriting we will work on "ascending" and "descending" letters (looking at letter sizes on the line).
Language: Nouns (proper and common) and Verbs/ Subjects and Predicates/ Starting...singular/plural nouns
Phonics:
Bears: flsz rule (at the end of a one-syllable word...double it!) (stuff, class, fuzz, hill)
Eagles: "es" review/"ed" endings
Heart/High Frequency Words: (Heart words don’t always follow the rules and we often have to remember their spellings “by heart”. HF words appear most often in texts)
2nd grade: off, want, your, tell, well, spell, will, still, add, miss, jump, must, best, land, stop, cliff, smell, miss, buzz
3rd grade: off, want, your, tell, well, spell, will, still, add, miss, being, below, book, both, bring, bushes, churches, classes, called, checked, handed, wanted, ancestor, culture
Math: We are currently exploring both place value concepts and geometry/shapes. This week we continue to work on writing numbers in standard, expanded and word forms. Students will understand that a digit's value is dependent on which place it is in. We will use place value blocks to explore this concept. We are also delving in to measuring the perimeter and area of polygons. Students will use graph paper to make shapes using square units, as well as measure shapes using inches to find the perimeter.
Special Activities Last Week: This week the students made rose hip soup with Mr. Mike! They were helpers throughout the whole process of gathering, and processing the fruit as well as cooking, measuring and blending ingredients. They enjoyed their creation with vanilla ice cream, graham crackers and dried strawberries! In music closs they have begun using recorders! During art the students have been creating a paper model that represents where they are from. On Friday, for a special treat, we joined the K/1 class for choice centers time!
This Week: We will have short assembly about fire prevention. This week the students will start working on "Adopt Me!" fliers they are making for our first trip to J.A.R.! We will have All School Centers on Friay! Please sign up to come help!
Marmot of the Week: Caleb
Birthdays: Damon (6th), Lila (20th)
Friday, Oct. 9-All School Centers
**Classroom Volunteer Night: Monday, October 12: 5:15-6:00, Bring a finger food snack to share if you'd like.
Come hear about how you can volunteer in the classroom. Location: our classroom
Tuesday, Oct. 13 (12:30-1:30) DIPAC field trip
Thursday, Oct. 15- JAR "Kitty Reading Buddies"
Friday, Oct. 16 (12:30-3:00) Hike with Discovery Southeast
M/T: Oct. 19/20 Parent-Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, Oct. 21, Sealaska Heritage Center 12:30-1:30
Parent Drivers for the first trip to J.A.R. are: Bea's mom and Damon's mom
Students attending in October: Ali, Casey, Damon, Eden, Genna, Kaylani, Josy, Liam, Niko, Noah, Summit
Parent Drivers for November 19: Roland's mom, Genna's mom
Students attending in November: Bea, Caleb, Izzy, JoJo, James, Junior, Harper, Levi, Lila, May, Roland,
(The other half will attend Forest School with Mr. Mike)
**Please email me directly if you would like to chaperone any of the above field trips!!!
NEW: Month of October: Over the summer, in thinking of service projects to incorporate this year, I contacted several nursing homes. I heard back! We will be pairing with elders at the Pioneer Home to have writing pen pals! We will get a list of our elder names this week! More information to come!
Our classroom handbook is under "Links and Forms". You will also find permission slips there!
Thank you so much for the classroom supplies and snacks!
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