Important Dates
October
10 – Columbus Day – No School
11 – Teacher's Institute – No School
28 – Family Halloween Party at Ide
31 - Classroom Halloween Parties
Thank you for participating in our magazine fundraiser. It was very successful once again. 
Book-It
As a part of our reading incentive program, our school has decided to participate in the Pizza Hut Book-It reading program beginning October 1. Children will receive a coupon each month for a personal pan pizza if they return their reading calendar/log at the end of the month. A reading calendar and record sheet will be sent home soon. Please try to read with your child each day & put your initials on the calendar on the days that you read. Please turn it in at the end of October. Thanks.
Thursday Night Homework
Most of the children have been doing a nice job of completing their homework and turning it in on time. Homework is sent home on Thursday and needs to be returned on Friday or the following Monday.
Reading
During the week of October 3rd we will be reading two stories from the anthology about pigs and other farm animals. A Big Hit is about two pigs who play a game. Pigs in a Rig is about some pigs who win prizes. Let’s Go to the Fair is a social studies article where we learn about things people see and do at a county fair.
Comprehension Strategies
-evaluating and cause and effect
Phonics Skills
-/th/ sound
-blending words that have the cvc (consonant-vowel-consonant) pattern
Vocabulary Words
Our vocabulary words for next week are:
a, find, have, one, to, who, big, hit, it, pig, ran, & sit
Grammar
-using punctuation in sentences
Spelling Words
Our spelling words for the week of October 3rd are:
us, sad, flag, this, with, that, thank, me, we, & thinking
