Holiday Bears and Field Trip

Our holiday bears went home last week. Please take the time to decorate these with your child. Be creative and HAVE FUN!! These are due on December 3rd. That will give you two more weekends to complete. If these are finished before then, of course, you can send them in.

Field trip permission slips were also sent home. We would like to have these back by Monday, November 25th, even though the trip isn't until February. The theater is requesting money up front. If this money is hard to come by before Christmas, please just send in a note letting me know this.

What we are studying (week of 11/18)

Math:
Monday - lesson 8.1
Tuesday - lesson 8.2
Wednesday - lesson 8.3
Thursday - lesson 8.4

Reading Homework:
Monday - no homework
Tuesday - reading skills ws
Wednesday - reading skills ws
Thursday - reading skills ws

Spelling:
smart, before, more, didn't, haven't, aren't, skirt, turtle,
person, lunches, babies, stories, tail, favorite, they

Reading:

We are reviewing the skills taught in Unit 2 and taking a unit test.

What we are studying (week of 11/11)

Math:

Monday - lesson 7.2
Tuesday - lesson 7.3
Wednesday - lesson 7.4
Thursday - lesson 7.5


Reading Homework:
Monday - reading comprehension ws
Tuesday - reading comprehension ws & skills ws
Wednesday - reading comprehension ws & skills ws
Thursday - reading skills ws



Spelling:
tail, main, wait, say, away, play, raise,
brain, paint, stay, today, tray, favorite, they



Reading:

One Good Turn Deserves Another
Please read the story nightly.

This week your child will be reading and learning the meanings of the
following words:

behind, brought, door, everybody, minute, promise, sorry, groaned, creature, armadillo, snorted, grateful

What we are studying (week of 11/4)

Math:

Monday - lesson 6.4 & 6.5
Tuesday - lesson 6.6
Wednesday - fact sheet
Thursday - lesson 7.1


Reading Homework:
Monday - reading comprehension ws
Tuesday - reading comprehension ws
Wednesday - reading comprehension ws
Thursday - reading comprehension ws



Spelling:
note, notes, lunch, lunches, story, stories, tune,
tunes, switch, switches, baby, babies, friends, presents



Reading:

The Bremen Town Musicians
Please read the story nightly.

This week your child will be reading and learning the meanings of the
following words:

bought, people, pleasant, probably, scared, shall, sign, mill, monsters, robbers, excitement, musician

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, Nov. 5th - Harlem Wizards (7pm)



 

Friday, Nov. 8th - October book-it due

 

Friday, Nov. 8th - book club (be here around 7:20)

 

Monday, Nov. 11th - spirit wear orders due

 

Monday, Nov. 11th -Veteran's Day program (9:30)

 

Nov.28 thru Dec. 1st - Thanksgiving break

 

Dec. 3rd - progress reports go home

Reading Counts Updates

Here it is the beginning of November and we are moving right along with Reading Counts. We have 6 children who have read over 30,000 words (one more who is close to it), and 6 children who have read over 50,000 words (one of these is very close to 100,000!), and 1 child who has read OVER 100,000 words! Exciting!! Keep reading Everybody!!

Cursive

We have started cursive in our classroom, yea!! I am having children tell me that they have been practicing at home. I would prefer that children NOT practice letters until we have learned them in class. Once a child gets used to forming a letter a certain way, it is hard to get them to form the letter the way that the handwriting book teaches. I know this sounds trivial, but it really makes a difference in correct letter formation. Around December, I will begin working with each child on the letters in their name so that they can THEN begin writing their name in cursive. Thanks for your understanding with this.

Parent Teacher Conferences

It was very nice getting to meet with so many parents. It's always nice for me to put faces to the names that I hear so much about from your children. I get good insight from parents too, and I appreciate that so much.

Thanks again for making the time to come in and meet with me!