M ISS M ANGUM ’ S M ESSAGES
Shared Reading:
This week we read:
Pat the Cat
Drat That Fat Cat
Jen the Hen
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
Mig the Pig
Piggie Pie!
Tog the Dog
Dog Breathe
Zug the Bug
We worked on the short vowel sounds
this week. The children learned a funny
poem about the vowel family to help
them remember the vowel sounds. Your
child has this book in their Friday Folder.
Please let them read it to you. They are
very proud that they can read it by them-
selves.
Theme
Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins everywhere!!!!!
This week has been all about pumpkins. We
talked about the life cycle of a pumpkin and
even made our own pumpkin life cycle. We also
weighed our pumpkin and ourselves to see if we
or the pumpkin weighed more. Our pumpkin
only weighed 15 pounds so most of us weighed
more than the pumpkin :) We also practice esti-
mating and counting. We estimated how many
seeds we thought were in the pumpkin. Then we
counted by tens and found out how many seeds
were in our pumpkin!! We then roasted the
seeds and ate them. We also carved a pumpkin
for our classroom.
On Friday, we participated in Fall Rotations. We
moved from classroom to classroom to do dif-
ferent activities to celebrate fall. We played
pumpkin bingo to practice our number
recognition. We made spider patterns. We all tasted
pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread and voted to see
which one we like most. We listened to different
Halloween stories and then we made a spider head-
band. The children loved it. Check out our blog for
pictures of the fun!
Journal
This week we wrote about
A family friend’s baby spent the night at Addi-
son’s house.
Blake went to the NASCAR race.
Chase carved a pumpkin
This week we have really been emphasizing getting
all the details in the story. It was a little over-
whelming the first day but it has gotten easier and
easier each day. I have been very proud of them.
Some children have even written two or three
pages!!!!
Important Dates:
October 31: Book Fair Lunch Day 11:50
November 7: PTA Meeting 6:00
November 8: Krystal Night
November 10: Tailgate Day
November 11: No School
November 18: Holiday Meal
November 23-27: Thanks giving Holidays
FYI:
To practice listening comprehension, we have
been reading Junie B. Jones during rest. We
finished Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal and
began Junie B. Jones has a Monster Under Her
Bed. The children love listening to chapter
books each day and it has really made them
work on following along with the story.
On Friday, we had a school wide celebration.
We had lots of fun. We learned about what is
happening in the different pods. Then we
shared our Spanish songs with the rest of the
school. We had a blast!!! Check out our blog
for pictures and videos from this fun day!!
Thank you so much to everyone who sent in
items for our Fall Rotations and trip to Mex-
ico. It was a huge help. I don’t know what I
would do without such wonderful parents!!!