Wow! November already….. I just can not believe it!

We are focusing on this week:

Reading: We ware wrapping our friends unit up with how to problem solve. We will be reading Simon & Molly plus Hester; Helping Hands, Little Red Hen; The turtle and the sheep. Each story will have a problem and solution. Our task is to find out each one and draw/sketch/write it out.

Strategy to focus: Identify the problem and solution of a story

Sight words of the week: it, is, have

Letters of the week: Bb, Zz

Writing: We will start informational writing this week. We will be writing an informational piece about Turkeys. This week we will focus on its characteristics (descriptive writing) Our sentence stem will be: Turkeys have__. Turkeys can__.  We will create a web to help guide our writing. Your child will be expected to write 2 or more sentences with guidance. The sight words introduced this week and the sight words introduced in the past will help with this task.

Examples include: Turkeys have beaks. Turkeys have wings. Turkeys have feathers etc.

Math: We will learn about 2-d, 3-d shapes. Please refer to below example:

We will also learn about number bonds. These are numbers when they are combined (composed) make a certain number. This is also referred to as 2 parts equal one whole. We will also write addition number sentences to match. Please refer to example below:

****Math homework Wednesday!

Science: We will explore weather further this week. We will create a group of weather conditions and label them. We will graph the weather daily. Types of weather to know:

REMINDERS:

• No school Tuesday, November 7th- Election Day
• Reading bags will come home with new books this week. Make sure you read all 3.
• Parent Teacher conferences Thursday, November 9th. Please check your scheduled time and meet with me accordingly. Report cards will be given then.

Thank you and have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed