Friday, November 11, 2022

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)

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