Dear Parents, 

     Last week in math we started Unit 3, “Place Value, Money and Time.”  We reviewed place value (ones, tens, and hundreds) and “built” numbers using Base-10 blocks.  We also reviewed coin values and discussed different coin combinations we can use to pay for an item.  This week we will make our own clocks to practice telling time.  We will collect data about the number of pockets the students in our class are wearing.  We will find the middle value, and graph this information two different ways. 

     In Writing Workshop, we practiced writing about specific “small” moments with a lot of details.  The students also started writing about their favorite “small moment” from the trip to the Children’s Farm. This week we will discuss sketching rather than drawing before we write, planning details by telling a partner our small moments before writing them, and practice planning the parts of a story by using our fingers! 

     In phonics, we will be focusing on words with long vowel sounds, like made, see, ride, rope, and rule.  Long vowels “say their name” in a word.  For example, you can hear the “a” in the word “made”.  We will also play a concentration game matching long vowel words with short vowel words.

     We will continue to work in our “Air and Weather” unit in science.  Last week we learned about 3 different types of clouds- cumulus, stratus and cirrus.  This week we will discuss wind speed and the students will create their own pinwheels!

<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Notes and Reminders: </span></strong>
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	<li>There is no school this Friday, November 6<sup>th</sup>.</li>
	<li>We are looking forward to our Guest Reader this week- Mr. Thompson, Nicholas’ dad.</li>
	<li>This week is Ray School’s Literacy Week.  Each day has a theme; Monday-Stripes Day, Tuesday- Purple Day, Wednesday- Sports Day, and Thursday- Hispanic Heritage Day!</li>
	<li>Thank you very much to the parents who joined us on our Field Trip to the Children’s Farm; Odell’s mom, Joden’s dad, and Julian’s mom.  We had a great time!</li>
	<li>This Thursday, November 5th is Family Reading Night from 6-7:30, starting in the library</li>
	<li>Thank you to all of the families who sent treats for our party last Friday.   Thank you to Joden and his family for making treat bags for all of the students!</li>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Questions to ask at home:</span></strong>
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	<li>Practice reading all of the clocks that you see.  Draw clocks to match the time of day.</li>
	<li>Ask for words with short and long vowels like: What is an example of a long A word?  (grape) What is an example of a short A word?  (man)</li>
	<li>What are the different ways to describe wind?  (calm, gentle breeze, moderate breeze, and strong breeze)  Which one describes today’s weather?</li>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Homework</span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">: </span></strong>
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<p align="center"><strong>Monday</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Wednesday</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Thursday</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Friday</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Math</span></strong></p>
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<p align="center">Home Link 3.3</p>
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<p align="center">Home Link 3.4</p>
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<p align="center">Home Link 3.5</p>
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<p align="center">worksheet</p>
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<p align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Phonics</span></strong></p>
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<p align="center"> </p>
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<p align="center">Start Compound Word Hunt!</p>
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<p align="center">→</p>
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<p align="center">Read at least 15 minutes</p>
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