November 28-December 2 Newsletter

  

Nov. 28th- Dec. 2nd , 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know sound-spellings of final e words with a_e and i_e patterns.

• Read irregularly spelled words (that, of, water, carry).

• Distinguish long and short vowel sounds.

• Identify the elements of a sentence.

• Read and write words containing soft c and soft g.

• Infer the feelings of characters, identify the setting, and tell the major events of a story during shared reading. We will also recognize and use verbs with -ed endings. 

• Read a poem titled, Five Little Mice. We will read and identify words with the i_e spelling pattern and rhyming words.

• Write a response to reading.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Finish our opinion writing unit

• Add conjunctions to our writing

• Use a checklist to revise and edit our writing

• Share our opinion pieces with our classmates

This week in math, we will….

• Start Unit 4 a parent letter will be sent home with your student

• Represent addition on a number line

•  Recognize and extend number patterns

• Count to 120, starting with any number less than 120, including 0 or 1

• Read numerals to 120

• Count by 2s to 20

This week in social studies, we will…

• Continue our Neighborhoods unit

• Continue creating our own maps

• Read the book Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann and talk about why we have rules and why it’s important to follow them

• Mrs. Kikkert will come in to teach a lesson on Bullying Prevention

Important Dates to Remember!

• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert (6:00-7:00)

• Nov. 29-Dec. 8- Kapco Toy Drive

• Dec. 2- Hat or Stuffed Animal Day ($1 donation to Kapco Toy Drive- $2 donation for both hat and stuffed animal)

• Dec. 6- Buy an ornament to hang on our bulletin board ($1 donation to Kapco Toy Drive)

• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)

November 21st Newsletter

                                                            

Nov. 21-22, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Review how to read and write contractions.

• Identify elements of a sentence.

• Read Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Write about how to cook a turkey

This week in math, we will….

• Learn a new workplace called “Fifty or Bust”

• Take Unit 3 Assessment

This week in social studies, we will…

• Learn about and begin creating our own map

Important Dates to Remember!

• Nov. 17- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 21- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 23-25- No School (Thanksgiving Break)

• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert (6:00-7:00)

• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)

November 14-18th Newsletter

                                                      

Nov.14-18, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Blend sounds to produce words with r-blends.

• Spell words with r-blends.

• Read irregularly spelled words (said, when, there, where).

• Identify the elements of a sentence.

• Read and write contractions.

• Read The Great Detective by Stephen Krensky. While reading, we will notice words with consonant blends and inflectional ending (-s, -ing and -ed). We will notice aspects of dialogue and use those aspects to decide how the dialogue should be read. We will also discuss the sequence of events in the story. 

• Write a response to reading.

• Read a poem titled, The Squirrel and highlight words with r-blends.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our opinion writing unit by working on conclusions to our pieces

• Use a checklist to edit and revise our writing

• Work with a partner to give writing checkups

• Write about the things we are thankful for and create a thankful turkey

This week in math, we will….

• Learn one new workplace called “Cats & Mice”. 

• Use number racks to solve subtraction as a process of comparing two quantities to find the difference.

• Put together 10 and some more to make numbers from 11 to 20.

• Learn the warm-up game “Number in my Pocket” and work toward learning a new game called “Fifty or Bust”.

• Continue November Number Corner workouts of whole, halves, and fourths, and continue to collect hours each day on digital and analog clocks. 

This week in social studies, we will…

• Continue our Neighborhoods unit

• Read Be My Neighbor by Maya Ajmera and John Ivanko and discuss how to live and work together in a community

• Mrs. Kikkert will come in to teach a lesson on Bullying Prevention

Important Dates to Remember!

• Nov. 17- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 21- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 23-25- No School (Thanksgiving Break)

• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert (6:00-7:00)

• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)

November 7-11 Newsletter

 

 This week in literacy, we will...

• Blend sounds to produce words with s-blends.
• Read and write words with final blends.
• Read irregularly spelled words (call, from, which, very).
• Read a story titled Snail's Big Adventure by David Earl. While reading, we will recognize and use -ed and -ing endings. We will also infer the meaning of events from a snail's perspective, infer reasons for Snail's feelings and notice the author's word choice. 
• Identify the elements of a sentence.
• Understand and use quotation marks.
• Read a poem titled, "A Snail". We will notice quotation marks in the poem, highlight words with s-blends and discuss the meaning of unknown words. 
• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will...

• Continue working on opinion writing.

• Read the book "The Day the Crayons Quit”

• Write a persuasive letter to one of the crayons telling them why we think they are important so they don’t quit - be sure to look for these projects in the hallway during parent/teacher conferences!

This week in math, we will...

• Learn 2 new workplaces called “Doubles Plus or Minus One” and “Tower Race”. 

• Use number racks to solve addition and subtraction story problems.

• Continue November Number Corner workouts of whole, halves, and fourths, and continue to collect hours each day on digital and analog clocks.

This week in social studies, we will...

• Begin a new unit about Neighborhoods.

• Learn about different types of homes and how each home is different.

• Listen to the book A House is a House for Me and think about different homes that animals have.

• Learn about maps and begin creating a map of our classroom, bedroom, or house.

Questions to ask your child:

• Who was our Pawsitive Jaguar of the week? (Alex)
• Who's birthday did we celebrate this week? (Charlie)

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

• Nov. 8- Forest Stewardship Day (12:30-1:00) Dress for the weather!
• Nov. 17- Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00-7:30)
• Nov. 21- Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00-7:30)
• Nov. 23-25- No School (Thanksgiving Break)
• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert (6:00-7:00)
• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)