Welcome to room 67's website!
We have begun a wonderful journey, full of great educational
adventures and challenges!
In reading, we will be reading many classic picture books and novels
during our first trimester.
We wrote our second of many friendly letters to our pen pal, Trucker
Robert Costa, after we received our first postcards. He will be sending us
many postcards and letters from around the nation throughout the school year
and we will write letters to him in return.
We began learning cursive handwriting on Monday, August 31, 2009. We
have learned the proper formation of the lowercase letters and the capital
letters. We are now practicing all of our cursive letters while writing
alliteration sentences.
A cursive letter chart was sent home the first week of school. It is
vital to practice at home. Home practice will ensure the children's success
of reading and writing cursive.
Our fourth mathematics topic focuses on subtraction. We took our
challenge test on Wednesday, October 27, to determine which students will
have their mathematics instruction differentiated. A special thanks to those
students who were up to the challenge. Congratulations to Gabriella, Katya,
Kenny, and Preston. They received 80% or higher on the challenge test and
will have the opportunity to complete challenge work...work that focuses on
the same mathematical concepts as class work, just at a higher level.
Our first science unit is entitled, Structures of Life. We will learn
about plants and animals and their life cycles.
In social studies, we began our Native Americans unit and will learn
about the four major regions: Pacific Northwest, Southwest, Plains, and
Eastern Woodlands.
The second annual Fall Festival was a resounding success! Thanks to
Mrs. Albright and Mrs. Plante for volunteering to work our classroom booth:
The Pumpkin Patch. Also, a special thanks to all the children that entered
the In-N-Out Burger lunch with the teacher raffle. Congratulations to
Julienne V. She will enjoy an In-N-Out Burger lunch with Mrs. Wolf.