Help Needed - Parent Inforrmation for Our Fall Harvest Exploration Day

On Friday October 26th, First Grade will be celebrating harvest time, by incorporating pumpkins into our classes to support TEKS in all subject areas. We will be rotating through and doing activities in Reading, Writing, Math, and Science that go with our pumpkins. Across the grade level, each teacher will need 1 medium pumpkin, parents helpers, and carving instruments (1 subject only). If you are able to help, please contact your child's teacher, and they can best let you know how you can help. Thanks in advance! We cannot wait until this fun day!

Name: ________________________________________ Teacher:____________________________
Time I Can Help:____________________________________________________________________
I can send:  a medium pumpkin:___________carving utensils:__________time:_________

I hope everyone had a great FALL weekend. These temperatures mean that maybe summer is officially gone for another year. Kids may need to start bringing sweaters for recess!!

Thanks to all of the parents and students who attended the Fall Festival. It was a blast. I hope you all got a chance to make it to the zip line, pumpkin patch and silent auction. Most of all thanks to our wonderful PTA. Each  year the festivities are amazing.

I hope all of you are ready for a nice three day weekend for the students! Please remember that the students are setting goals tomorrow as we have our Fall conferences. The purpose of these conferences is to review student work and to share goals for the year. It will be fun to see what the kids want to work toward this year!

Curriculum:
Reading: Story Maps and Continuing Reader Responses
Guided Reading by Needs Assessment
Writing: Punctuation and Writing Process
Math: Addition concepts and continued practice on counting to 100, place value, and problem solving
Science: Changes in Matter
Leadership: Goals and Effort 

Dates (as of 10/8):
October 8th: Parent Conference Day
October 16th: First Student Leadership Council Meeting
October 26th: Pumpkin Day (All curriculum areas as guided by the ARRC will be taught using a pumpkin)
November 3rd: Covey Family Training (It is great training to help families integrate the 7 habits)
November 8th: Fall Picture Retakes
November 8th: 6:30 PTA
December 14th: Field Trip to Zachary Scott Theatre

Have a great conference day!