It's Friday!

Happy Friday!  We had a busy day today!  We finished up our NWEA testing.  Hooray for us!  Those results will be coming home in a few weeks.  Below are the hi-lights of our week:

Super Kids:  We started learning about our new friend Alf!  Short for Alfalfa, he loves to take adventures!  We have been working on learning the /a/ sound like in "alligator."  We have also been working to identify words that begin with or have /a/ in the middle.

Ask your child to identify where these words have the /a/ sound:

apple       astronaut       cat       bag       ant       glad

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Math:  This week in math we worked with the shapes triangle, square, circle, and rectangle.  We talked about the number of sides and corners each shape has.  We looked at pictures of different objects and decided what shape the object was.  Ex:  A slice of pizza is a triangle.  We played a game where we had to guess a shape by only being able to feel it.  We learned a new game called Spin a Number.  This game helps us learn to read numbers and count that many spaces.

Around the World:  We finished up our trip to the Netherlands today.  The kids enjoyed getting to make their own personal windmill!

Skyler, Ethan, and Logan work hard to finish up their passports.

Madison shows off her passport entry.

Austin hard at work on his windmill.

Annie, Grant, Cooper, and Delilah ready to put their windmills together.

Caleb, Jason, Taylor, and Crystal working on theirs.

Some of the finished windmills!

Field Trip:  We will be taking a field trip on Friday, October 11 to the Indianapolis Zoo!  Permission slips will be coming home at the end of next week.  I need LOTS of parents for this trip, so check your calendars and I hope you will be able to join us!

Remember, Monday is the start of College Go! Week!  Students are encouraged to wear shirts to support their favorite college!

Enjoy your weekend!