Dear Families,

We have had a successful start to the school year.  Our class is full of students who are excited to learn!  Luna, our class guinea pig, has been a big hit.  The students enjoy feeding her and learning all about what makes guinea pigs special.

We have been learning about the fall season.  Apples and apple trees have been a fall focus in class.  We will get to tour an orchard when we enjoy our first field trip to Milburn Orchard on the 9th.  Pumpkins will be a fall focus this month.

Our class is preparing for Grandparent's Day on Friday, October 5th. Students will be singing on stage for their grandparents.  After all classes have had a chance to perform, students will spend time with their grandparents in our classroom working together on a few activities.   

Our annual fundraising banquet is on Friday, October 19th.  The fourth and fifth grade classes have a special performance to share. It is always a joy to watch children praising our Lord. I hope to see you there!

In Bible class, we have learned about creation, Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and the twins, Jacob and Esau. We are learning about how much God loves us!  We will continue with the story of Jacob and then spend time learning about Joseph and Moses. We will discover how God cared for his chosen people and kept his promises to them. Our whole class has done a wonderful job learning the assigned verses.  Keep up the great work!  Our next verse to learn is Genesis 8:22 "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease."  This verse is due on October 11th.

We have enjoyed many activities that have helped us learn our letters and their sounds.  We will continue to learn our letters and use them to make words, rhymes, and sentences. Reading groups will start on October 2nd.  Reading homework will begin the first week as well.  Look for a reading bag to come home on the 4th with instructions.  Please continue to use the sight word flashcards.  See if your child can find those words in books, on signs, and at the store.  I have seen improvement in student handwriting already.  We are learning proper letter formation with our Handwriting without Tears books and app on the iPad.  We will continue to use those tools this month as we build our small motor strength. 

Our class has great math minds!  We have met the challenge of a new math curriculum and I have seen growth in skills already.  We are learning how we can find multiple solutions to a math problem.  Learning how to write our numbers is included in our math curriculum.  We will get more practice writing numbers in the future with our handwriting book.  

Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.

Blessings,
Mrs. Daisey Ingiosi