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What's NEW!
October was Spooktacular and we have had a Fabulous time in November in our
library. Check out your child's class and see what they have been learning.
In Kindergarten we have been working on our library manners and how to
treat books. October was a fun month and we focused on HALLOWEEN and
Safety!We viewed the "Smoke DEtectives"
video and worked on Stop, Drop and Roll in the library. We also listened to"
Porkenstein" an adorabel book about Pig Scientist who invents a friend just
in time for Halloween! We also heard the stories:"Skeleton Hiccups" and "The
Runaway Pumpkin". they are all great stories and make us laugh! This
November we read,"Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey" and "The Great turkey
Race". Gracias is a turkey that ends up becoming a friend and finally gets a
home in a
In First Grade, we also focused on Fire Safety and Spooky Stories for
HALLOWEEN!The children leanred about E.D.I.T.H. drills inthe home and
I sent home a floor plan and check list activity for you to use at home to
get practice your fire safety drills. Hopefully you all got to do that. We
listened to some cute stories like, "The Runaway Pumpkin", and poetry "Over
the River and Through the Woods" and "Thanksgiving Day at our House". The
chidlren really enjoyed , " Over the River.." because the illustrations were
hilarious. The youngest son in the book floats away and ends up having a
grand adventure before he arrives at Grandma's house just when his family
does.
In Second Gradewe also did some activities for Fire Safety and
HALLOWEEN ! We watched "Smoke Detectives," and I sent home some forms
to organize your fire drills at home. We also listened to an amusing
story, "Boris and Bella", which was about a neat-freak, Boris, and a slob,
Bella, and how they eventually become friends. We are now working
on "Molly's Pilgrim", a story about a Russian girl who imigrated to America
with her family and how she ends up being accepted by her classmates in her
new town. We are completing a series of activities based on this book next
week.
In Third Grade we have been busy in both Library and Computer class.
In Library we have focused on identifying the different sections of
the library, identifying a Fiction book,and being able to sort Fiction books
by their call numbers located on their spine. We have also reviewed a Title
Page's parts and will be having an oral quiz on that soon. In
Computer Class we have focused on learning terminology and increasing
our understanding of the keyboard through a new program called, "Dance Mat
Typing". The children have enjoyed this new program and I look forward to
their typing skills improving from using it. The children will be having an
open notebook quiz for computer terms next week sometime. I will remind them
before this happens and place it on the class calendar on line.
In the Fourth Grade the students have also been sharpening up their
library and computer skills. In Library class the children have
worked on the two major sections in our library, Fiction and Non-fiction.
They learned how to tell the difference between these two sections. They also
learned how to organize Fiction books by their call numbers. Last week, they
worked on their dictionary skills and analyzed a dictionary entry and the
different parts of an entry and what they are used for when looking up a word.
In Computer class we have focused on learning terminology and
increasing our understanding of the keyboard through a new program called,
"Dance Mat Typing". The children have enjoyed this new program and I look
forward to their typing skills improving from using it. The children will be
having an open notebook quiz for computer terms next week sometime. I will
remind them before this happens and place it on the class calendar on line.
The Fifth Grade have been working on their grammar skills and some
research skills with me as a whole group on Mondays. We have focused on the
different types of sentences and identifying the two major parts in a
sentence: subjects and predicates. We have also worked on their spelling
skills. We will be focusing on some research skills int he coming month as
well as grammar. In Computer class we focused on identifying major
parts of the computer and their functions. We also worked on terminology and
added many words to our glossaries. We will be having a terminology quiz next
week when they come to class. It will be on their class' calendar.
BOOK WORMS
We are having our first meeting today with our Kindergarten and First grade
Bookworms. We will have a Spooktacular time! I will update this tomorrow so
you know what we did. (I don't want to spoil the surprise!)
Instead of watching T.V. why not crack open a book and let your mind be your
screen?
Mrs. K.
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