Week of November 16

Notes:

Science Project...we will be conducting a classroom science project and completing the assignments together. This will ensure that all students will have the experience and receive a certificate. If you wish to do another at home, I'll be happy to send home the forms and information...just let me know!

Dates to Remember:

November 16 - Our last scholastic book order is due before Christmas. Next one will be January. Need books in the car for roadtrips and the upcoming holiday? Need a stocking stuffer? Last one...

November 18 - Thanksgiving lunch in the cafeteria for Grasslands Biome

November 19 - Today will be our cooking day. Easy recipe...no help required. We'll be making butter :-) and Wobble Gobble cookies!

November 20 - Early Release...Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Our special code word for this week is Thanksgiving. Have your child mention this word to me this week and they will receive 5 pennies in their group penny jar!

Our weekly block schedule will be as follows:

Monday PE

Tuesday PE

Wednesday Art

Thursday Music

Friday PE

Reading - We are meeting regulary with our reading groups. Please have the students read their books at home. Most groups need to be reading daily! We are also incorporating a lot of phonics, word blends, and word groups.

Writing - We are usng mentor texts from Ian Falconner.

Math - Here's what we need to work on: Counting AND writing numbers to 30. At first this sounds like an easy task, why are we working on this? There's 2 things involved here: 1)Understanding the concept of quantity (16 is less than 25, etc) and 2)Having the ability to write to 30 with the numbers in the correct position and not facing backwards (Ex: 32 is not the same number as 23 AND 2 and 3 are often written backwards). We will also be learning our home phone numbers.

Science - We are studying Thanksgiving and American symbols.

Thanks for all you do!