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)

October 31 - November 4th Newsletter

 

This week in literacy, we will...

• Blend sounds to produce words with l-blends.
• Read irregularly spelled words (many, you, some, come).
• Identify the elements of a sentence.
• Identify and understand the use of possessives.
• Read a poem titled "The Big Black Bug" and locate words with the bl blend.
• Read a nonfiction book titled Old to New, by Jena Croxford. While reading, we will recognize simple plurals and locate words with l-blends. We will also infer the author's purpose and use nonfiction text features (headings, labels, photographs, charts and captions) to gain more information. 
• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will...

• Write letters to Veterans. We will give our letters to the Veterans at the parade next week.

• Continue our opinion writing unit.

• Learn about how to hook our reading with a great introduction.

• Learn different ways to end our opinion pieces.

This week in math, we will...

• Begin Unit 3 which will focus on adding, subtracting, counting and comparing. 

• Learn 2 new workplaces called “Drop the Beans” and “Make the Sum” which facilitates use of fact families and doubles relationships.

• Begin November Number Corner workouts which delve into fractions of whole, halves, and fourths, and also telling time utilizing fractions of whole and half hours on digital and analog clocks. 

This week in science, we will...

• Finish our Land and Water unit.

• Learn about more fast and slow land changes.

• Describe what happens when fast and slow land changes occur.

Questions to ask your child:

• Who was our Pawsitive Jaguar of the Week? (Louie)
• What was your favorite decorated pumpkin at the Pumpkin Days display? Why?
• What was your favorite costume in the parade?
• What did you do during your class Halloween party? (Played Halloween Bingo, ate a cookie and had juice. We also danced to spooky songs).

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

• Nov. 2- Picture Retake Day
• Nov. 3- End of First Quarter
• Nov. 4- No School (Records Day)
• Nov. 17- Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Nov. 21- Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Nov. 23-25- No School (Thanksgiving Break)

October 24-28 Newsletter

 

 This week in literacy, we will...

• Blend sounds to produce words with digraphs ng and nk
• Spell words with the digraphs ng and nk
• Read irregularly spelled words (was, know, made)
• Read In a Dark, Dark Wood. While reading, we will use known high frequency words to read fluently. We will also notice repeated text patterns and use simple punctuation to guide phrasing. 
• Read a poem titled, Pumpkin Orange. We will highlight high frequency words we know in the poem. We will also add variety and suspense by inserting different children's names into the poem.
• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will...

• Continue our opinion writing unit.

• Write about our favorite and least favorite items in our collection.

• Edit our writing - thinking about spaces between words, spelling, using the word wall and ending our sentences with punctuation.

This week in math, we will...

• Count by 5s and 10s to make a quilt block pattern, working with shapes and fractional pieces. 

• Play 2 games using nickels, dimes and pennies; compare 2-digit numbers counting collections of coins.

• Continue to focus on sequencing numbers from 11 to 40, observing the 3rd and 4th decade.

• Continue to find part-whole relationships in the calendar grid and use a number tree model to represent the set of fall objects on each day’s marker as a total and two parts.  

• Total our 3 week collection of pattern blocks making comparisons of each group.

• Take a Unit 2 Math Assessment on Monday.  We extended one of our math lessons last week so we’ll take the test this week.

This week in science, we will...

• Continue our Land and Water unit.

• Learn about different types of bodies of water and the importance of water.

• Compare and contrast animals that live in the water and on land. 

• Begin learning about fast and slow land changes.

Questions to ask your child:

• Who was our Pawsitive Jaguar of the week? (Jack)
• When we get a class bingo, what will our reward be?  (PJ day)

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

• Oct. 28- Halloween celebration/Early Release Day (1:45 pm)
• Nov. 2- Picture Retake Day
• Nov. 3- End of First Quarter
• Nov. 4- No School (Records Day)

October 17-21

 

 This week in literacy, we will...

• Blend sounds to produce words with digraphs ch, tch, and wh
• Spell words with the digraphs ch, tch, and wh
• Recognize and use the ending -ing when forming the present participle of a verb
• Read irregularly spelled words (who, what, should, would, could)
• Read Jumping Into the Leaves by Winnie Tucker. While reading, we will notice periods, commas, question marks and exclamation marks to use proper pausing, word stress and intonation. We will identify the setting, characters, problem and solution in the story. Additionally, we will discuss how the characters change throughout the story.
• Write a response to our reading.
• Highlight words ending in -ing while reading a poem titled, "Five Little Leaves". 
• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will...

• Begin our new opinion writing unit.

• Write about a collection we have and write our opinion about our collection.

• Explain our opinions in convincing ways.

This week in math, we will...

• Continue to develop addition and subtraction strategies, particularly doubling, counting on, and counting back to solve combinations within 12. 

• Continue to work with dominos and number racks to add and subtract.

• Learn 3 new Workplaces called “Double It”, “Spin & Add”, and “Spin & Subtract”. 

• Continue our weekly collection and amount comparison of hexagons, trapezoids, triangles and rhombuses in Number Corner.  

• Continue to find part-whole relationships in the calendar grid and use a number tree model to represent the set of fall objects on each day’s marker as a total and two parts.  

• Observe patterns in the sequence of markers and write equations to represent the objects shown.  

• Take a Unit 2 Math Assessment

This week in science, we will...

• Continue our Land and Water unit

• Learn more about the following landforms: mountains, plateaus, plains, and islands

• Learn about minerals and how we use them

• Learn about how we use Earth’s water

Questions to ask your child...

• Who was our Pawsitive Jaguar of the week? (Alexi)
• Who celebrated a birthday this week? (Charlotte)
• What did we do in the gym on Friday morning? (Jaguar Jumpstart)
• What are we collecting for our Calendar Collection? (hexagons, trapezoids, rhombuses and triangles)

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

• Oct. 28- Halloween Celebration/Early Release Day (1:45 pm)
• Nov. 2- Picture Retake Day
• Nov. 3- End of First Quarter
• Nov. 4- No School (Records Day)