Monday, October 28, 2013

The Dolphin Digest--October 28, 2013

     This week will be an exciting one as we await our Fall Festival on Wednesday and Halloween trick or treating Wednesday night. Our little friends are more than a little bit excited!
     We are getting together with our Starfish friends to enjoy Halloween activities for the morning of October 30. We will be rotating through six different stations. The stations include festive art projects, card making, face painting, and games. Thank you to the parents who volunteered to help. We will look forward to seeing you at 8:45. Also, a big thank you to Mrs. Girard for organizing the refreshments for the afternoon.
     We will move to "H" pals or "digraphs" in phonics this week. This is when an "h" sits next to another letter and they make one sound together (wh, sh, th, ch, ph). In Reader's Workshop, we have been using various reading "tools" or strategies to figure out "tricky words". We also continue to strengthen our retelling skills. This week, we will begin our study of "characters" in our books. We will also be starting Unit 3 in math where the focus is exploring number patterns and identifying odd and even numbers. In science, we will move from insects to our 8 legged friends...arachnids. 
     Thank you for your support. We appreciate the volunteering that is happening in our classroom and the support you are providing your child at home. Thank you for confirming your conference time with me. I am looking forward to meeting with each family in the next few weeks!
     Happy Halloween!
     Deb Fennessy

UPCOMING EVENTS
Early Release Days:  November 7 & November  13 (Parent Conferences) 
                                 Dismissal time--12:50PM
No School:  November 8 Teacher Workshop
                   November 11 Veterans' Day
                   November 27, 28, 29  Thanksgiving Break
Field Trip:  November 13 to Portsmouth Music Hall
                 We are sorry that we are unable to take chaperones on this trip.

THANK YOU
Our thanks to Mrs. Eugenio, Mrs. Rosenbleeth, Mr. Anderson, and Mrs. Copp for volunteering in our classroom last week.





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