Reminders:
<ul>
	<li>The green and white Ray School folder will come home only on Fridays full of notes for you to read.  Please read and respond appropriately.  Send the folder back on Monday.  This is a good way to send lunch money as well.</li>
	<li>The red folder will come home Monday with homework.  Please work on it a little bit at a time each day with your child and return in on Friday. </li>
	<li>Please send lunch/milk money for the week on Mondays.</li>
	<li><span style="text-decoration: underline">November is snack month for boys</span>.  Please send in a healthy snack, enough for 26 students.  We do have a peanut allergy so please be careful in choosing your snack.</li>
	<li>December will be snack month for girls.</li>
	<li>Ms. Travis Traveling Library books (in clear bag) come home on Wednesdays and should be returned Tuesdays.</li>
	<li>Library books (in the green bag) are chosen by the student and should be returned on Fridays.</li>
</ul>
Field Trip – Thank you to Alanis’s dad, Bianca’s grandma, Mile’s mom, Amani’s mom, Gabriel’s mom, Jaden’s mom and Kennedy’s and Khole’s mom for helping with the field trip.  We had a great time!

 Some of you are receiving a note about school fee payment.  If you feel you’ve received this note in error please let me know.

 Classroom Volunteers – Those who have begun the screening process are welcome to begin volunteering on a limited basis until the process is complete.  Please email if you would like to volunteer.

 Morning drop-off and Afternoon Dismissal – Please understand that 9am and 3:30pm are not good times for a conference.  Quick questions often turn into longer conversations and when several parents have quick questions the time spent in adult conversation grows.  I need to spend these times settling my students into their day and seeing them off.  If you have questions you can email me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.  If you would like a longer conversation please set up a conference for Wednesdays or Fridays at 8:30 am.  Students also need to be picked up on time after school at 3:30.

 Halloween/Literacy Day – Thank you to all the parents who helped with our literacy day parade.  We had a great celebration.

 Absence – I will be gone to a workshop on Monday.  Please remind your child to be extra helpful to the substitute.

 This week:
<ul>
	<li>In Math I will introduce number stories and symmetry.</li>
	<li>In Reading we will continue exploring letters.  I will continue assessing students to find out which letters and sounds they already know.  We will use shared reading to explore phonics and comprehension strategies.  We will continue to build stamina for reading to ourselves.  We will also continue identifying beginning sounds.</li>
	<li>In Writing we will continue to discuss choosing ideas from our lives on which we can base stories we want to tell.  Students will continue to tell those stories through drawing pictures and writing words, when they can. </li>
	<li>For Handwriting I will introduce letters L, U, V</li>
	<li>For Science we will begin our fabric unit.  This will tie in with social studies as we study quilts and how they relate to different traditions.</li>
	<li>In Social Studies we will continue to practice using I messages to resolve conflicts and building community. </li>
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<p align="center">Weekly overviews and homework are posted on the class website.</p>

 

Important Dates to Remember:
<ul>
	<li>No School – Nov. 6, Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Nov, 26 &amp; 27, Dec. 4, Dec 21- Jan. 1</li>
	<li>October 30-Nov. 5 Literacy Week</li>
	<li>Nov. 5 Literacy Night 6-7:30pm</li>
	<li>November 18 Report Card Pick up – There will be a sign up sheet in the front entryway.</li>
	<li>November 20 International Night</li>
</ul>
 
<p align="center">Have a Great Week!</p>