{"id":1193,"date":"2016-10-21T16:17:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T20:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dimitriou\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2016-10-21T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T20:17:29","slug":"news-from-the-jungle-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dimitriou\/2016\/10\/21\/news-from-the-jungle-6\/","title":{"rendered":"News From the Jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"

News from the Jungle<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all enjoyed the beautiful weather. I cannot believe it is the end of October already.<\/p>\n

We had a magic show assembly today and the children LOVED it! It was so much fun for us to watch the children’s expressions when the magician would make something disappear!<\/p>\n

We got together with our fifth grade buddies on Friday and worked on sorting and graphing m&m’s. The children had so much fun!<\/p>\n

Here are a few pictures:<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Events<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/17-10\/28 Savory Foods Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/26 Kindergarten Parent Meeting at 8:00am<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/27 Toss or Turn? Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/28 Costume Parade 9:30 <\/strong>(all parents are welcome to come to the parade)\/Class Party 2:00<\/strong> (only parents that have been asked to help may come to the party)<\/p>\n

10\/31 PBIS Party\u00a0 – Fall Fest<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Agenda for the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

Letters: <\/strong>This week we focused on the letters Ff and Uu. We talked about the sounds they make, brainstormed things that begin with each letter, and spent time practicing the proper formation of each letter. These letters will show up on next week\u2019s homework for a handwriting review.<\/p>\n

Reading\/Writing: <\/strong>This week we continued practicing components of our Daily 5 curriculum. The children are building stamina during our rotation for \u201cRead to Self\u201d and \u201cword work.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0We added \u201cwork on writing.\u201d This week we learned what an event is and what setting means (where the story takes place). We also made lots of text-to-text connections across several different books we have read. The children are learning to compare and contrast.<\/p>\n

Math: <\/strong>We learned how to play a new game on the Promethean board all about 2D and 3D shapes. We used the terms solid<\/strong> and flat<\/strong> to describe the differences between 2D and 3D shapes. The children are beginning to understand 3D shapes and are having a little bit of a hard time understanding that no matter a shapes orientation (if it is horizontal, vertical, or on a diagonal) it is still the same shape. We learned how many sides shapes have and did a cut and paste sort. We also listen to our favorite shape videos on Youtube. Here are the songs:<\/p>\n