November is Here!
Reading
Our story this week is Around the Pond: Who's Been Here? This is a story about two children, Cammy and William who go for a walk around the pond in search of blueberries to bring home to their mother who has promised to make a pie. On their walk the children see animal footprints, numerous animals, shells and even a beaver dam. The illustrations are beautiful! The children will love this story.
The comprehension strategy of monitoring and clarifying will be stressed.
The comprehension skills to be learned are categorizing and classifying.
The phonics skills will be double consonants as in the words class, dress, puppet, and yellow. We will also work on the vowel pattern of VCV as in the words pilot, finish, and closet.
Our vocabulary words are: bank, edge, path, crater, moss, and shallow.
In our grammar lessons we will work on when to use an exclamation point.
The comprehension strategy of monitoring and clarifying will be stressed.
The comprehension skills to be learned are categorizing and classifying.
The phonics skills will be double consonants as in the words class, dress, puppet, and yellow. We will also work on the vowel pattern of VCV as in the words pilot, finish, and closet.
Our vocabulary words are: bank, edge, path, crater, moss, and shallow.
In our grammar lessons we will work on when to use an exclamation point.
Reading Logs
The October logs were due Friday. Those who returned them received the November sheet. If your child did not return it yet, please send it in as soon as possible whether it is full or not. As a reward they will be able to participate in a pajama day on Friday, November 5th. They can bring slippers and change into them at school but please have them wear shoes to school because we will go out for recess. No stuffed animals, please. The children will also receive a Pizza Hut coupon for completing their logs.
Math
The Chapter 5 test was Friday. In Chapter 6 we will continue to work on regrouping to add double digit numbers. We did our October fact tests. Although many have improved it is important to continue to review the facts at home. Fifty or more in 5 minutes is good at this time.This should be a part of their daily homework routine.
Election Day
The children will not have school on Tuesday, November 2nd. The teachers will have an institute day due to the use of our building for voting.
If you Give a Mouse a Cupcake
The field trip to C.O.D. to see the play was very nice. It was a beautiful day and the play was very entertaining. There were several parts where the children were able to interact with the cast. I hope they talked about the trip when they got home on Monday.
Star of the Week
Our special student this week was Sarah. Sarah has one brother. Some of her favorite things are the color purple, dogs, pizza, swimming, and playing with friends. Sarah shows people she cares by being nice to them. When Sarah grows up she wants to be a cheer leader.
The Halloween party was a big success! The kids had a great time. Thank you to all of you who provided items for the party and to the moms who planned the games and were here to help: Mrs. Wisdom, Mrs. Cigrand, Mrs. Merrinette, and Mrs. Harmon.
