Week of November 9

Our Resources for the week are: Monday #1-18 ART & #19-36 MUSIC and Thursday MUSIC. We have two special visits planned this week! :) Tuesday, Mrs. Pitts' Mom, Ms. Lori is coming in to do a craft with the students. Then on Friday, Mrs. Noah Thomas ~ the Children's Librarian, is coming in to do a Library Lesson with the class.  (It is sure to be a great week!!)

All t-shirt orders are due by Friday!

Wednesday is Veteran's Day- there is No School. :) Friday is CHARACTER T-SHIRT DAY and Graham will be bringing in snacks for the class. :)

SATURDAY IS OUR FALL FESTIVAL!! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. The Festival runs from 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.

Handwriting/Writing

This week we will discuss how stories have a beginning middle and end. We will watch Peep and the Big Wide World to discuss the B, M and E events. Then we will come up with our own story idea and draw a picture for each area: B, M and E. We will end by writing a sentence for each one.
At the current time... Student writing should have most sight words spelled correctly. (They would be the sight words we have taught and reviewed in class) They should be using beginning sounds to write and occasionally adding ending sounds. You'll notice some spaces in between words, but most are not consistent at this time. DO NOT, make your child spell all their words correctly. We are teaching them independence and confidence with writing. :) All of the students are doing great and we want the amazing work to continue!!

Friday we will have a grammar lesson on verbs. We will discuss how a verb is an action word; then we will practice acting out a verb and have the class guess which one we are doing.

We have a feeling your child will LOVE Peep and the Big Wide World. So we are posting the video that we are watching in class. :)

Math

This week we are finishing up the short unit on flat shapes and solid figures. Review shapes, both flat and solid figures at home to prepare for the assessment on Thursday and Friday. The assessment will include the flat shapes: circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and  hexagons. Also, the 3-D shapes: cube, sphere, cylinder and cone.

Science

Our scientists enjoyed learning about absorption on Friday. The investigation included learning how to use and eye dropper. This week we will practice using the balance again and learn all about thermometers.

Reading

Sight words for the week are: at, more, look and because. Our Word Family is the -am family. Practice having your child make words that would belong in the family~ ham, Sam, jam, etc.

We are continuing our lessons on plants. (For those that are curious... :) the Module will be ending soon.)We will be reading a story about Johnny Appleseed and discussing the word hero. We will brush over the Seasons and discuss how an apple tree looks in each one. Then we will discuss Deciduous trees and Evergreen trees. 

All of these lessons are ways for us to review the relationships between words and illustrations, while also learning how to define new words.

Here is a quick video about the life cycle of an apple tree. Enjoy!