Dear Parents,

We are loving this time of year!!!  We are so busy learning about "Everything Fall".  We have enjoyed making many apple activities and correlating them to reading and writing.  For example, we read the book, The Seasons of an Apple Tree, and we created an apple and labeled its parts.  We also finger-painted an apple and wrote one fact that we learned from this non-fiction story. 
We are continuing to discuss the roles of an author and illustrator, as well as, comparing fiction to non-fiction books.
Next week, we will begin to discuss story elements such as the main characters, setting, and sequencing events in order from beginning, middle, and end.  We will revisit the story Chrysanthemum and Nubs. We will also complete an apple sequencing activity.
I hope that your child is enjoying practicing their sight words on the rings for "homework".  When you think your child is fluent in reading each word, please send them back and we will continue to add new words in small increments to ensure success.
In Math, we are continuing to elaborate about shapes.  Today we learned two new skills. One, you can take a small shape and make a new picture using that shape; and two, you can cut a rectangle in half to make a new shape.  Two squares can make a rectangle and two triangles can make a rectangle.  What two shapes put together make a pentagon?  what two shapes put together make a rhombus?
Next week, we will compare a solid shape to a flat shape and discuss their similarities and differences.  For instance, how can you compare a circle to a sphere? or a triangle to a cone? or a cube to a square?
In Science, we will continue our exploration of textures and using our 5 senses to sort given pictures.

Thank you so much for your support at Chick-Fil_A community event on Tuesday.  We had the most participants and won a free lunch for the entire class!!  Way to go!!!

Please do not forget about the Fall Festival on Saturday, September 29th from 2-6!!  I am looking forward to it!