November 29th - November 2nd

What We Are Learning

Reading: Non-Fiction

·       How to change our voice to a “teaching” or “expert” voice when reading non-fiction

·       Identifying the main idea of a non-fiction text

·       Finding supporting details of the main ideas of a non-fiction text

Word Work

·       Sight words: she, will, how, them, & up

·       Word family: -ay

·       Blends: st, str, sw, tw, qu

·       Vowels

Writing: Teaching Books (Nonfiction)

·       How to write the middle (3 facts) of a nonfiction book

·       How to end a non-fiction book

·       How to draw NF illustrations

Math: Unit 4-Lessons 5-8

·       Connecting addition and subtraction

·       Word Problems with facts to 20

·       Explaining subtraction strategy used

Theme: Pumpkins

·       What do we already know about pumpkins?

·       Amazing facts about pumpkins

·       Pumpkin schema writing project

Book-It

I am so proud of all my friends who read 20 books last month and earned their FREE PIZZA from Pizza Hut!  I sent home a new recording sheet for November. 

It is SO important that your kiddo reads at home with you.  They can access eBooks from the Raz Kids website.

Website: www.kidsa-z.com

User Name: Orchard1b

Happy Reading!

Conferences

Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come and discuss your child’s progress with me.  I really enjoyed visiting with everyone.  If you were unable to make it this week, I would love to reschedule for another day.

Class Pictures

I plan on uploading several pictures onto our classroom website. Click on the Classroom Pictures tab and check them out!

Dates to Remember

November 2^nd – November 6^th: Fall Break (NO SCHOOL)