Weekly News

IMPORTANT DATES

·      Wednesday, November 21st Early Dismissal, School ends at 12:00,

Lunch will not be served.

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

Thanksgiving Holiday

WORD WALL WORDS

       

stop         not     on      saw     are

This week, we continued our exploration of short vowel sounds, learning about words with short i. We also studied the Word Families of og, ox, and ock. For example, if we can read “ot,” we can add a new beginning letter and read more words, like hot, not, and dot. We will use Word Families a lot this year to go along with our Word Wall Words and Literacy Centers.

A NOTE ON THE BLOG…

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MATH

We continue to work with number lines and practice taking jumps on the number line to express addition We began the concepts of greater than and less than using the number line and the symbols <, >, and =. We learned these symbols through the story of a “Greedy Alligator.” He always wants to eat the number or amount that is more (greater). For example: 3 < 5 means three is less than five, and 6>2 means six is greater than 2.

COMMUNITY

This week, we discussed the first Thanksgiving in America. We will be reading books about what it was like for the Pilgrims to come to America on the Mayflower and create a new community. We are learning about the reasons that they were thankful. We are also thinking about the many things we are thankful for today.

Following Thanksgiving break we will begin the Devotion Calendar project in which we will make a calendar to sell to raise money for Heifer International. We will talk about needs vs. wants and the ways that we can help people in other parts of the world. More information to follow.

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. As the weather gets colder, please be sure to send appropriate outdoor clothing. This currently includes sweatshirts, jackets, and sometimes rain boots. In the winter, this will include heavy winter coats, hats, gloves, scarves, boots and snow pants.

   

These days, it can be chilly in the morning and warmer in the afternoon, so children often take jackets off at recess. Please label your child’s jacket/ sweatshirt. If your child is missing a jacket or sweatshirt, please check the school Lost and Found, across the hall from the Main office.

1MC WISH LIST

Extra Snack. We are running low on our back-up snack (usually Goldfish or another low-sugar, nut-free snack). We use this snack to fill in if children forget snack or lunch at home.

ASK YOUR CHILD…

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

·     What did you make in your Thanksgiving finger stamping

project?

·      How can a number line help you to figure out an addition or

subtraction math problem like 5+2 or 8-6?

·      What word won when you played “Roll a Word”?