Reading: The
children are learning about reading fluently.
Your reader’s voice should be smooth like when you talk. We’ve learned that some words go together
quickly (peanut butter and jelly) and shouldn’t sound like a robot when reading
them. The children are also looking for
quotation marks to tell them if a character is talking and what his/her voice
might sound like.
Finally, the
children started their “word work” groups last week. The children are in groups based on their
phonic needs. Each of the groups has a
different word sort and does a variety of activities with it.
Math: We’ve
added the dime to our coins and will be adding with it. The children are also learning about time to
the half-hour. We’ve also spent a lot of
time on “frames and arrows”. The children
are given a rule (add or subtract) and apply it to figure out the next
number. The children also had fun
learning how to program the calculator and we used it count up and back by 2, 5
and 1.
Writing: The past few weeks we’ve spent time on the
importance of having spaces between words when writing. The children have also been reminded to make
their “tall” letters tall so we can figure out what it is (for example: an h
instead of an n) This past week, we’ve discussed how to add dialog to a
story.
Upcoming Events:
Nov. 22-23 – Thanksgiving holiday: no school
Nov. 26 – book orders due
Nov. 30 –speed stacking orders due
Nov. 30 – hotdogs should be on the menu
Dec. 10 – elementary Christmas concert
Canned Food Drive: Our elementary is participating in a canned
food drive to benefit area families. If
you would like to help, please send your canned or dry goods to school. We have a special box placed near the
elementary office. Donations will be
received until Friday, Dec. 7.
Welcome
Ruby!
Ruby
joined our class a few weeks ago. Her
family comes to our area from Florida.
She is a very sweet girl and the children have been so helpful to her! We now have 12 girls and 14 boys in our
class.
Thanks for helping your child decorate a feather for our turkey! He looks so handsome!
