Weekly Update!

Dear Families,

School pictures are on Wednesday, October 27th. Please send a your child ready for their pictures. The students will each come home with an order form and viewing card. You can order online or bring the form into class. Make checks payable to Innovations AcademyThursday-Field

On Friday, we will enjoy a Halloween Party! Children can come in costume - please no blood and gore. I'm fine with masks as long as they are not too scary. We will be taking a walk through the school and of course we don't want to scare the younger children. My original plan was to start our celebration right away, but I'm a little concerned that sugar consumption too early in the day may not be such a wise idea, so I'm planning for the "PARTY" to start after lunch. With the help of our room parent (Deborah Mori), we are gathering decorations and supplies. I am still looking for rolls of toilet paper and individually wrapped candies. So far, the plan is to "bob for apples", mummy wrap each other, penny toss into a pumkin, and play some other word and puzzle games. Parents are welcome to stop by and enjoy the fun.

For learning;

We are starting our fourth lesson of Wordly Wise this week. I love the fact that children are noticing these higher level words in their reading and using them when they speak. Capitalization is still one of our grammar topics and I am reminding students that what we learn about capitalizing needs to be transferred into their writing! We are also continueing to write our fictional narratives. Today I introduced a synonym tool that will help our young writers create more varied and interesting work.

Some students are done reading their book report books.