NEWS FROM Broadus Wood

Elementary

ROOM 10
echidester@k12albemarle.org Oct. 15th – 19th
Mrs. Chidester’s Classroom Newsletter
What We Did, What’s Coming Up:
Language Arts:
Our shared readings were the poems Five Little Monsters and 10 Galloping Horses. We worked
on the letters C, O, Q, and G.

Our focus read aloud this week I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer. We compared last week’s
reading, Sophie Was Angry, Really Angry, to this week’s reading.

Our writer’s workshop mentor text this week was Red Is A Dragon by Roseanne Thong. We
brainstormed with partners about things we know that are red. Then we generated a list of all
the things we knew were red.

Math:
This week in math, we got to measure items around the room using a measurement stick of 10 connecting cubes. Our task
was to find something smaller and something bigger than our stick and sort them. We also played a variation of the Grab
and Count called Grab and Compare. This game required us to take a handful with our left hand of one colored cubes
and a handful with our right hand of another colored cube and then compare the two to see which hand had the bigger
amount. We learned a new game with our Number Cards called Compare. For this game, each partner gets half of the
cards. On the count of 3, both partners turn their top card over and decide who has the bigger number. We are working
on skip counting by 10’s to 40 since we just had our 40th day of school!

Content:
This week, we learned about living and nonliving things. We sorted items by if they were a living thing or nonliving thing. If we
were confused, we asked the five questions of a living thing: does it need air, water/food, space/shelter, and sunlight (if a
plant). We took a look at the plant life cycle and dissected the different parts of the cycle. We learned that plants begin as
a seed, seedling, sprout, and then into the full plant over time. We planted our own seeds (onions, radishes, and carrots)
and will watch them grow over time with our special planter that allows us to see the seeds sprout and grow. Next week we
will look at the pumpkin and apple life cycles. We will perform investigations and experiments with pumpkins as well.

Our Schedule Next Week: IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Thank you so much to our volunteers who have signed up to
Monday 10/22
help with our class celebrations! We still have two available
P.E. positions for our upcoming Fall Party next Friday, October
26th to run a games center.
Tuesday 10/23
P.E. & Art 10/26 – Fall Festival 6:30PM-8:30PM
10/30 – Picture Retakes/Makeup
Wednesday 10/24 11/2, 11/3, 11/4 – No School for Students
P.E. & Genius Hour 11/9 – Mornings with Mrs. Morris
11/13 – PTO Meeting
11/16 – Health Fair **More info to come
Thursday 10/25
11/19 – Field trip to Paramount **More info to come
Music 11/21 through 11/23 – Fall Break

Friday 10/26 A survey has been sent out to all Kindergarten families.
P.E., Guidance, & Library Please take a few minutes to complete this survey regarding
our reading homework program and materials. Thank you!