News From the Jungle

Mr. Short would like to start getting the children outside for recess when the temperatures allow. It is very important that you have your child practice putting on and taking off their snow pants, snow boots, mittens/gloves, hats/ear muffs, scarves, etc. There is no way that we can help all of the students in the class zip, tie, on, off, etc and still have time to take them outside. Please help me by teaching your child how to independently put on and take off their winter apparel. Thank you for helping us make the most of our recess time!

Upcoming Events

11/26 PBIS – Turkey Bowling

11/27 – 11/29 No School! Happy Thanksgiving!

12/6 Scholastic Book Order Due (this way the books will be delivered before we leave for winter break!)

Agenda for the Week

Reading & Writing:  This week we concentrated on doing our best work to make our second star student book. We also began utilizing “daily fix it” sheets during Daily 5 to help us fix sentences and understand that they begin with an uppercase letter, end with a period, and the words need to be in order.

The children continue to grow during our small group time during Daily 5 reading groups! The children are doing well with print concepts, turning the pages, recognizing sight words, and even answer comprehension questions about the books.

Please continue to have your child practice writing sentences at home by pretending they are holding an imaginary rubberband and stretching it as they slowly say the word they are trying to spell. Next week we will begin learning how to write opinion pieces.

List #2 will be assessed on 11/20. As a reminder the words are: my, you, what, are, now, is, of, so, how, many, where.

All children are receiving one-on-one tutor time on the sight words using flash cards, magnetic letters, dry-erase white boards, and much more! If your child already knows the words on the list, we are working on having them write them! They have not truly mastered the word until they can read it and use it in their writing as well!

This week we worked on the letters Jj and Qq as well as the sounds these letters make. We learned how to write each letter and where each letter should be written on the line.

Please utilize RazKids, Readingeggs, and Mathseeds at home. These are all wonderful resources to progress your child’s skills. When your child first logs onto Readingeggs and Mathseeds, it will ask them to take an assessment. This assesses their skill set and places them at the lesson that is best suited for them. Some of your children may start on lesson one or some may start on lesson nine. I love these programs because they place the kids at their own learning level!

I updated all of the children’s reading levels in Raz Kids so now when they log on the lessons will be tailored to their individual reading level!

Math: We began discussing 2D and 3D shapes. We used these two videos in class to support our learning:

Science: We continued talking about different types of weather and discussing the different seasons. The children learned how to make snowflakes!

Social Studies:  We continued discussing the difference between a need and a want and identifying which is which.

Housekeeping Items:

Indoor Lineup

Indoor lineup is now at the 5th grade doors. Remember, even during indoor lineup, no parents are allowed in the building unless you have signed in at the front office.

Winter Apparel

Please practice putting on and taking off coats, boots, shoes, scarves, gloves, etc. As well as buttoning/zipping coats and tying their own shoes. Your child should be able to do all of these things independently!

Folders

Please make sure to empty the folder each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Please be sure to send the folder to school each day. It is a big part of our arrival and dismissal routines and the folders help the children keep all of their papers organized