Week of November 8th, 2010

Happy Veteran's Day

Reading

We wrap up our nature walk theme this week. We will read two selections about owls. Owl Moon is a realistic fiction story about a little girl and her father who look for owls in the woods on a cold winter night. Our other story is entitled Owls. This book gives facts about what owls look like, where they live, and how they hunt for food.

The comprehension strategies we will discuss are predicting, infering, guestioning, monitoring, clarifying, comparing, and contrasting.

In phonics we will emphasize long vowels o, u, and e.

Our vocabulary words are: clearing, echo, meadow, owling, pumped, shadows, threading, rarely, active, blend, outlined, and curved.

The grammar lessons will focus on telling sentences and questions.

Winter Coats

Now that the weather is changing I need your help to keep your children healthy. On days that you require them to wear coats please instruct them to listen to their teacher if she tells them to wear their coat out for recess. Often they feel they do not need them. I try and be aware of the outside temperature. If it has warmed up I don't mind if they leave their coats inside, however, it can be windy on the playground and often they are cold once they get out.

It is also a good idea to have them keep a sweater or light sweat shirt at school in case they get cold in the classroom.

Math

We are on our second chapter on double digit addition. Our test will be next week. They are doing a great job with this concept. Thank you for supporting them at home!

Mathathon information was sent home with your child on Thursday. If you have any questions you can direct them to Mrs. Bouton the school librarian.

Music Program

The children are working hard to get ready for the program. Remember to mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 17th at Lakeview at 7:00. They are to wear holiday colored pajamas. Grandparents and other extended family members are more than welcome.

Star of the Week

Emily was our special student. Emily has two brothers and a dog named Bella. Some of her favorite things are the color green, dogs, pasta, baseball, reading, playing with friends, and doing projects. She thinks she is a star because she follows the rules.....and she does! When Emily grows up she wants to be a teacher.