Week of November 9

Notes:

Special Monday - The students have earned a special reward for excellent hallway and classroom behavior. On Monday they get to bring a stuffed animal to class and also they may wear slippers.

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:

Monday - Please turn in the form ASAP in your child will need a sack lunch on the 20th, or if visitors will be joining us for the Thanksgiving feast on the 18th.

November 12 - Thankful Goforth Night BBQ dinner. Our class will be auctioning off an apron that our class created. Come join the fun!

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 20 - Early Release

Our special code word for this week is Water Cycle. Have your child mention this word to me this week and they will receive a penny 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 Matter.

Thanks for all you do!