Mrs. Toritto - 3-1

Here we are in the last week of October!  Thank you for all of your cooperation over the last few weeks.  I'm hoping we can get back into the swing of things right away.  

The children will be continuing to work on multiplication strategies and practice over the next two weeks.  It is very important for them to be practicing their facts every day.  The sooner they memorize them, the easier the rest of the year will be in math!

We will be working on  some Halloween themed stories over the next few weeks.  First, we will read The Widow's Broom, and discuss personification.  The children will work on using the elements of personification in their own writing.  We will also talk about some of the themes in the book and give examples of details from the text that support the theme.

We will wrap up our unit on how geography affects communities this week.  The children will have a test on the different kinds of landforms and how those landforms and natural resources change the way that people live in different communities.  Please be on the lookout for a review sheet!

Finally, our focus this week in religion will be on the saints and how their lives can be examples for us.  We will be learning about some saints in class and will attend the All Saints Day pageant in church on Thursday.  

I hope you all have a great week!

Mrs. Toritto