Weekly News

 IMPORTANT DATES

·      Monday, November 12^th: No School, Veteran’s Day

·      Wednesday, November 14^th: Early Release Day, School ends at 12:30, lunch is served.

·      Wednesday, November 21^st Early Dismissal, School ends at 12:00, Lunch will not be served.

·      Thursday and Friday, November 22& 23^rd: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday

WORD WALL WORDS:

       

it         in      is       did            said

This week, we continued our exploration of short vowel sounds, learning about words with short i. We also studied the Word Families of ig, it, and ick. For example, if we can read “it,” we can add a new beginning letter and read more words, like sit, kit, and bit. We will use Word Families a lot this year to go along with our Word Wall Words and Literacy Centers.

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MATH

Following lots of work with 5 and ways to make 5, we began to explore the Number Line as a tool for adding and subtracting. We defined a Number Line as a line with numbers that increase from left to right and the numbers increase at in steady increments (1, 2, 3...… or 5, 10, 15…...) We will continue to work with number lines next week and practice taking jumps on the number line to express addition and subtraction.

COMMUNITY

This week, we discussed the election in America. We learned about the job of the president and how people vote. We will read about and discuss Veteran’s Day next week.

We will also begin to explore maps by differentiating between ground view (from the side) and aerial view (from above, like what a bird would see). We will explore these different views by looking at pictures and objects. This will help us understand that many maps utilize and aerial view.

FALL CONFERENCES

Please sign-up for a Parent- Teacher Conference. Sign-up sheets are posted outside our classroom. We will have one conference in the fall and one in the spring, in which I will share a written conference report.

WEATHER

We will go outside for recess every day, unless it is raining or very, very cold. As the weather gets colder, please be sure to send appropriate outdoor clothing, including: boots, hats, mittens, scarves, and warm jackets. Your child may bring slippers to wear in the classroom. The temperature in our classroom also fluctuates, so it may also be helpful to send your child with layers for in the classroom.

ASK YOUR CHILD…

These questions can be conversation starters to discuss the week in school.

·      What are some words in the “ig” word family?

·      What is snunch?

·      What did you put in the Map of your Heart? Why did you choose those things?