November 10th - November 14th

What We Are Learning

Reading:  This week in reading we were really busy. We introduced how to Read to Someone during Daily 5. Ask your child how to sit EEKK with a partner.  Also, we started learning the difference between vowels and consonants.  Soon we will be focusing on how good readers and writers know that there is at least one vowel in every word.

Alphabet: We focused on the sounds the letters Ll, Oo, Gg, & Hh make. We also learned that the letter Oo has more than one sound.

Writing:  We continued adding more details to our narrative stories to help our readers understand what happened. We really focus on having a beginning, middle, and end. Ask your child what he/she chose to write about.

Math: During math this week, we reviewed strategies to solve addition problems.  We also started solving word problems using pictures.

Theme: We continued learning about Veteran’s Day.  We brainstormed words that describe veterans. Your child chose one of the words to create a sentence (A veteran is…). Ask your child which word they chose. We also learned about the American flag. Ask your child how many stripes and stars are on our flag.

Cold Weather

Cold weather is here!  Please make sure your child is properly dressed for outside recess. We will go out every day as long as the weather is 32 degrees or above and the wind-chill is 25 degrees or above. There is a strong wind that blows across the playground.  Your child needs to have a jacket so they can enjoy recess comfortably!

Book-It

Last week, I sent home a note describing a wonderful program called Book-It. If your child reads 10 books then they get a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  To help your child read good fit books, I also sent home several paper books on your child’s reading level. Please read these books with your child and have them fill out the Reading Record.  Also, your child can visit Raz-Kids.com to access books on their level as well.

Website: www.raz-kids.com

User Name: Orchard1b

Happy Reading!

Popcorn Words

Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn words.

This week’s words:

had & has

Previous words:

he, do, look, in, like, and, a, up, at, I, see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember

November 21^st: PTO Movie Night

November 25^th: Tiger Pride (Tuesday)

November 26^th- 28^th: Thanksgiving Break

December 9^th: PTO meeting 6:00

December 19^th: Holiday Party 9:00

December 19^th: Dismiss at 12:30