Halloween Fun

Students had another exciting week participating in our Halloween Parade with our 1st grade buddy class and enjoyed coming dressed up to school in costume.  Please check out the photo page.  CANDY CANDY OH MY!  I know with Halloween just ending, you have a lot of candy around the house.  Please reframe from sending candy with your child as a snack.  Let's encourage healthy choices!  We also want students to maintain their focus during instructional hours and candy will not help.  Please adhere to our Ho`okele Wellness Policy.  

Here is a summary of what happened in our classroom:

​In Langauge Arts...

• Students read narrative non-fiction this week.  We talked about the characteristics of this type of genre.  Students learned that narrative non-fiction is when a text presents true information in a style very close to fiction.  The two narrative non-fiction stories we read this week were Prairie Guard Dogs  by Wonders and Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! by April Pulley Sayre.  Using these stories we answered the following essential question this week: What are the features of different animal habitats? 
• Using Prairie Guard Dogs, students learned about main topic and main idea.  The main topic was Prairie Dogs and the main idea of this text was that prairie guard dogs works hard to protect their family from danger.  After determining the main idea, students identified 3 supporting details that support the main idea.  ​

• Students then had more practice determining main topic, and main idea with supporting details with the text Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!  We talked about the title and how it can often give us a clue about what the main idea might be about.  ​​

​In math...

• Students decided which unit of measure was most appropriate when measuring various objects of all different sizes (inches, feet, yards).
• Students measured lengths that fall between two whole numbers of feet.  Students reviewed the relationship between feet and inches to considered the different ways to record these lengths.  For example, a flower is 15 inches tall, which is in between 1 and 2 feet.  How do you record this using feet?  Students learned you record this as 1 foot and 3 inches.  

REMINDERS AND ANNOUCEMENTS

• No school on Election Day Tuesday 11/6
• Regular school dismissal times resume, as parent teacher conferences are now done.  Thank you for meeting with me to discuss your child's progress.  If you have not turned in your child's Evidence Binder and green survey, please do so this week.  Thank you!