Thursday, November 19, 2015

November 16th- November 20th

What We Are Learning
Reading: 
Identifying and knowing the purpose of nonfiction text features: headings, table of content, glossary, captions, labels, and maps

Word Work:
Popcorn Words: see, no, who, make, people
Word Chunk: “ir”
Word Family: “ub”

Writing:
Nonfiction Writing/Teaching Books
Using commas in a series to describe the shape, color, or size of our topics

Math:
Collecting data
Organizing data onto a bar graph
Answering questions about the data

Theme:
The first Thanksgiving
Researching and recording facts
Creating a cornucopia craft

Fall Weather
Fall 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!

Tiger Pride Assembly
On November 24th, we will have our third Tiger Pride Assembly. Come and enjoy the fun!

Happy Thanksgiving
I am so grateful for each one of you and for the opportunity to get to work with your amazing kiddo! Have a great holiday and a great break!

Dates to Remember
November 24th: Tiger Pride Assembly 2:30
November 26th- 28th: Thanksgiving Break
December 18th: Dismiss at 12:30

December 21st- January 1st: Christmas Break

Thursday, November 12, 2015

November 9th - November 12th

What We Are Learning
Reading: 
Identifying the characters, setting, problem, and solution in a story
Good readers can use story elements to retell a story
Word Work:
Popcorn Words: some, has, her, like, & him
Word Chunk: “ur”
Word Family: “ot”
Writing:
Nonfiction Writing/Teaching Books
Creating a table of contents and front cover for out nonfiction books
Math:
adding and subtracting within 20
how many more word problems
Example: Mrs. Happel had 10 pieces of candy.  Dr. Prevo has 5 pieces of candy. How many more pieces of candy does Mrs. Happel have?
Theme:
Veterans Day
Adjectives that describe soldiers and veterans
Soldier craft

Fall Weather
Fall 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 they get a FREE personalized 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 Log.  Also, your child can visit Raz-Kids.com to access books on their level as well. Happy Reading!

Dates to Remember
November 26th- 28th: Thanksgiving Break
December 18th: Dismiss at 12:20

December 21st- January 1st: Christmas Break

Thursday, November 5, 2015

November 2nd - November 6th

What We Are Learning
Reading: 
Characters in books have character traits
Describing a character’s inside and outside traits

Word Work:
Popcorn Words: will, how, up, them, & she
Word Chunk: “ar” & “er”
Word Family: “op”

Writing:
Nonfiction Writing/Teaching Books
Including headings in our stories like real nonfiction books
Writing an interesting beginning to our nonfiction books

Math:
adding and subtracting within 20
missing number word problems
Example: Mrs. Happel had 10 pieces of candy.  She gave some to her students. Now she only has 5. How many pieces of candy did she give away?

Theme:
Veterans Day
Adjectives that describe soldiers and veterans

Book-It
This 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 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 Log.  Also, your child can visit the Raz-Kids website to access free books on their level as well.
Website: www.kidsa-z.com
User Name: Orchard1b

WOHE Shirts
Every Wednesday your kiddo is invited to wear his/her WOHE shirt! Let’s show our Willard pride!

Dates to Remember
November 11th: Veterans Day Assembly
November 26th- 28th: Thanksgiving Break
December 18th: Dismiss at 12:20

December 21st- January 1st: Christmas Break