Is That The BFG and SOPHIE?

The AR Celebration was a huge sucess! We made dreams, ate toast with butter, veggies with dip, and drank Frobscottle. Every student in our class was able to attend. The AR deadline for the next 6 weeks is November 13th. You all know your goals for the next 6 weeks. Make sure you use your reading time wisely and Read, Read, Read at home!!

Language Arts: For the next 6 weeks our Language Arts Focus is on "Celebrating Traditions". The first story in the theme is "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Pollaco. It is a true story about a quilt that is a family treasure.

Following are the spelling words from this story:

Spelling words with long vowel patterns:

paint

clay

feel

leave

neighbor

eight

seem

speak

paid

lay

need

weigh

clean

play

*needle

*crayon

* (indicates challenge words)

Math:

The students will continue to subtract over zeros. It is a tough concept to learn. We may be practicing for a couple of days before we move on to the next concept. Remember to always check if the top number has enough muscle to subtract the bottom number, otherwise we move to the left and pick up some vitamins.

Social Studies:

Some questions we will address this week as we investigate communities are:

Why is is necessary to have laws in a community?

Who helps to make the laws in a community?

Who are some of the leaders in a community?

Some parents have asked for the recipe for BFG Dreams. It is a basic "slime" recipe:

1 cup of water plus 1 TBS of Borax (stir this mixture until all of the Borax has dissolved).

(Borax can be purchased in the Laundry Detergent section at Smith's Food and Drug)

1/4 cup of white Elmer's glue

1 drop of a food coloring of your choice

Add a little less than 1/4 cup of Borax solution to the white Elmer's glue. I like to put both in a sturdy sandwich bag that zips on the top. Add one drop of food coloring to the mixture. Zip the top of the bag and gently knead the glue and water together. The Borax solution causes a chemical reaction with the glue and turns it into a rubbery substance. Please don't eat! Store in fridge for a longer lasting life. When it gets old and moldy, just make a new batch.

Upcoming Events:

• Class pictures: Thursday, October 15, 2009 (please watch for packets to come home)


• Class Field Trip to the ISU museum and Craft Store. Thursday, November 7, 2009. The bus will leave at 8:40. Cost $5.00, parents are welcome to come with us or meet us there.


• Monday, October 12, 2009: 1-hour early release PLC day


• We will be sending our class book to be published as soon as all of the stories have been rewritten on the publishing paper.


• Next AR deadline: November 13, 2009

Enjoy your weekend!!

Question of the Week: What is the largest and the smallest continent?