It's hard to believe October is halfway over already! We had a wonderful trip to the Franklin Park Zoo yesterday. It was a wonderful way to kick off our unit on mammals and other animals.
The children have spent time working on their individual innovations of Mom and I went to the Zoo. They are working very hard on their illustrations, which are looking more and more like the animals they want them to be.
The students have been playing rhyming memory games and even made rhyming monsters! The monsters eat lots of things but only foods that begin with the /r/ sound. Therefore, pizza becomes rizza, numbers become rumbers, elephants become relephants, and zippers become rippers! The students enjoyed feeding their monsters all of those silly foods and many more! The monsters went home for the children to practice this silly rhyming game with their families. Feel free to change the rules and make the monster eat foods that start with different sounds!
We started our second topic in math. We have been comparing numbers 0-5. They are getting more comfortable with the number formations. I will continue sending homework home during the next couple of weeks so they can continue practicing them.
Many of you may be aware that Francis Wyman has an Annual Halloween Parade during school either on or near Halloween. It has been decided that this will be the final year for the parade. We would like to invite you to attend on Friday, October 27th at 9am. Students are welcome to bring in a costume to wear during the parade. We will walk through the gym where parents will be. More information will be going out about the parade. I just wanted to give you the heads-up! There will also be a PTO sponsored Halloween Party/Dance that same Friday night from 6-8pm. Information already went home about that fun evening.
Please consider practicing shoe tying and coat zipping at home. It will save a considerable amount of time in the classroom…especially getting ready for recess! Also, don’t forget to label water bottles, lunch boxes, coats, sweatshirts, and other clothes items. We have been doing a lot of detective work trying to figure out what belongs to who! Thanks!
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
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