Last time we went to J.A.R., the students made "Adopt Me" posters to donate. This time we would like to collect Churu squeeze treats AND treat dispensers. Both can be purchased at PETCO. Thank you! We are seeking to provide community service this year:)
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OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: Week of: October 26-30, 2026
Theme (science/social studies/literacy: Our class is working on how to decode/figure out the meaning of unknown words. This week we continue to discuss using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. We will read several texts related to the culture we all share together...Juneau! We will read a book about Patsy Ann, the Treadwell community, and Romeo the wolf. We will focus on identifying parts of a story (characters, setting, problem, plot, and solution) as well as begin to write a summary (using beginning, middle, end format). Students are working on a "Cheerio" project, choosing shades of brown to cover an outline of their hands.
Writing: We are working on letter writing. Currently we are writing letters to our middle school reading buddies. We will also learn about how adjectives make nouns come to life in our writing! Student pairs will study big images and brainstorm adjectives to match the nouns they see in the photos.
Language: Adjectives, sentence punctuation
Phonics:
Bears: digraphs review (such as th, sh, ch, ck)
Eagles: open/closed syllables
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: Review: small, fall, pull, roll New: goes, says, she, we, they, their, were, walk, talk bench, smash, shock, thick, them
3rd grade: Review: car, carry children, city, clean, close, country, cut, done, don’t, pigment, melanin New: draw, drink, earth, eat, eight, spoken, protect
Math: Place Value: This week we will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as working on rounding numbers. Students will learn about dividing polygons into equal parts, learning new vocabulary such as (equal parts, fraction, numerator, denominator, whole, halves, fourths/quarters) Additionally, they will be making 3d pumpkins (cube, rectangular prism, pyramid) to good with the book, The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin .
Special Activities Last Week: We had two field trips this week: one to the Sealaska Heritage Institute and one to the valley pool/library. Students learned about formline design and listened to a storyteller. At the library Ms. Amelia read them Halloween stories! Students chose two All School Centers on Friday. Students painted nails, made candy corn creations, did Halloween origami, spent time in the chill zone, made skeleton art and more.
This Week: Our school has decided to have the whole school Halloween carnival within the classroom, so we will not be having a separate Halloween party. You can still come volunteer to help run a game/activity at the carnival from 1:30-2:45!
*The volunteer link is up under "Links" now.
Marmot of the Week: Casey
Birthdays: Damon (6th), Lila (20th)
Wednesday, Oct. 28-Picture retakes and the link is: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/0544GGF.
Friday, Oct. 30-Halloween parade in our hallway (10:00 am), Halloween Carnival in all classrooms (1:30-2:45)
Thurs./Fri. November 12 and 13 -Teacher Inservice, no school for students
Thursday, Nov. 19 J.A.R. field trip
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!
*Please see ALL posted links for important information!
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