November 28th Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break, it sure is great to be back!  This week we will be working with more blends, or as we call them "letters that go together."  Our students have been learning to hear those consonants that blend together at the beginning of many words, like: star, flame, climb, and snap.  

We will wrap up our work with the narratives we are working on this week.  We started the piece with oral storytelling to a partner, moved to illustrating a story board to guide our writing and then began our writing.  This week we'll focus on editing and publishing by giving our narratives a title and a cover, like a real book!  

This week we will also be circling back to the topic of friendship.  We'll be reading some stories and discussing how to be a good friend.  If you can find a few minutes to have a conversation with your son or daughter about kindness and respect for others it would be much appreciated.  Your support really helps strengthen these concepts.  

In math, the children will practice measuring and comparing lengths using nonstandard units, such as paper clips.  We will also be introducing the inch and how to use a ruler.  The children will learn to estimate and measure the length of objects in inches.  Look for Home Links 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 to come home this week.

We will be finishing our communities social studies unit this week.  The children will be learning about maps and creating a make-believe neighborhood with a partner.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to parent-teacher conferences.  It was great to meet with you and talk about your wonderful children!  As always, if you have any additional questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

Special Points of Interest

• Scholastic Book Orders are due Monday, December 12th.  You can view the flyers online and order books by going to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and using the online code:  JBVLK