Reading
We are beginning a new theme, Around Town. In this theme, we will read about different kinds of neighborhoods. Our first story is called China Town. This story is about a boy who lives in Chinatown with his parents and grandmother. He tells about the walks he takes through Chinatown each day with his grandmother.
The comprehension strategy we will work on is summarizing.
The comprehension skill is making judgements.
The grammar lessons will focus on naming words (common nouns).
The phonics lessons will review consonant digraphs th, wh, sh, ch, and word endings -er, and -est.
The vocabulary words are: apartment, delivery, market, handcarts, and celebrations.
The high frequency words are: during , heard, lion, and winter.
Math
We completed the chapter on double digit addition. The children took the chapter test. I will grade them and return them early in the week. We will begin double digit subtraction this week.
Conference Notes
Your child brought home a note with your scheduled conference time on it. Please complete the bottom portion and return it. Please notify me as soon as possible if the time you scheduled or were assigned will not work so I can reschedule the conference if possible. We can do a phone conference if you are unable to come to school. Report cards will go home on Tuesday, November 24th.
Concert
I hope to see all of you at the concert on Wednesday night. Please have your child at the new gym at Lakeview by 6:45 p.m. The boys and girls should wear Christmas colored pajamas.
Star of the Week
Our special student was Ian. Ian is an only child. Some of his favorite things are the color purple, elephants, apples, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, baseball, gym, and playing outside. He shows others he cares by being nice and making things for them. Ian is quite the traveler. He went to Disneyland and Disney World in the same year and has been to Spain, France and Europe.
