Happy Friday

Celebration Points earned!! Yes, we earned our first 25 celebration points so we will have a little celebration this week as a reward. Not sure what day yet, but it will happen. Mid-terms went home on Friday. I am proud of these kids and their accomplishments thus far. If you have seen your child's report and gone over it with them, write "mid-term" in the planner. We started our Buddy Class today. We are buddies with Mrs. Culp's 2nd grade. We are getting to know them by writing a poem All About Them. We are so looking forward to working with and helping them out on Fridays. Mrs. Hankins' Character Warriors are officially hanging in the hall and they look great. I am so proud of the kids and the thought they put into the writing piece of it where they shared how they are going to use each character trait at school. We are going to finish Hurricanes this week with a little project and an assessment. Then we are moving into our full weather unit. Social Studies we are still working on map skills. In Montana History we are going to do a bit more on the rivers, mountain ranges, and cities before we head into the 3 regions of Montana. Writing projects-my reading kids are doing a great job on their character descriptions using the stoplight writing and I can't wait for you to read/see them. In Language we continue to learn about sentence structure and parts of speech. My reading kids are in their small groups reading about what heritage is and how it is shared by different cultures and groups of people. Our strategies for the week are going to be "determining importance, author's purpose, and writing summaries, and our skills are fact/opinion & compare/contrast. In Math, we are still working on counting money and now moving into making change for certain money amounts. I know this is kind of a lost art as most places anymore don't count change back to you, but I think it is important to know. Congratulations to Kaelynn, our Purple Hand Cookie recipient for the month of September. Kaelynn was nominated by her classmates for her kindness, caring, and unselfish ways. Great job. Kylee, we so loved hearing all about you today and seeing all the fun pictures and things you shared with us today. Can't wait to see juggle a soccer ball with your feet. Saturday Live Saturday from 10:00-4:00 at Pioneer Park. Write Saturday Live in the planner if you go for free money. Pack the Place in Pink t-shirts have been ordered. Thank you for supporting this great cause. Have a great weekend.