Couple of reminders:
Please check your child’s backpack and talk about the work they have completed.
Homework is due Dec. 1st (November reading log)
Mrs. Burch is asking for help with traffic safety, before and after school. She could use parent assistance help from 8:25-8:40 and 3:25-3:40. You may contact her at burchm@dearbornschools.org
No school Wednesday, November 26TH- November 30TH. We return to school Dec. 1st
Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday!
Ms. Mohamed
SHORT WEEK! No school Wednesday, Thursday & Friday!
This a review week:
Language Arts:
Review types of stories: fiction (not real) v.s. non-fiction (real)
On the go: non-fiction
Duck on a bike: fiction
Letters: Ii, Tt
New sight word for this week: it (not really new, we actually practiced it last week)
Please review all sight words with your child. We will be having a quick sight word check Tuesday. The words are: we, like, a, the, can, go, see, help, it
Writing: practice writing in a complete sentence. The idea needs to make sense and be in a good structure. We will continue to discuss opinion writing. We will be writing what we are thankful for.
Math:
Review counting 0-20 and count forward from any given number in between. count by 10’s, 2d/3d objects
Science:
Review how things move depends on their shape: slide, roll
vocabulary: motion
Social Studies:
Review needs and wants. we will be doing a sorting activity
Needs: water, food, shelter, clean air
Wants: games, toys, cake, candy etc.
Ms. Mohamed
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Username: howardes
Password: books
Literacy Unit: Transportation
Reading: We will be reading On the go and several other transportation stories. We will discuss different ways of travel by air, by land and by sea. We will discuss places to go to.
Vocabulary: vehicle, journey, travel, place
Writing: We will write 2 sentences. To aide in this process we will make a chart organizing our ideas. We will create a bank of ideas of vehicles of transportation. Then we will choose where to go and what vehicle will be used. These 2 sentences will state what we are traveling on and where to travel to. Our sentence stem will look like this: We will go to______. We will go on a ______. We will create a generic title as a whole group. We will create a draft. We will revise and edit. We will then create a published piece.
Sight words: help, go.
Review sight words: we, can, the, a, I, like, see
Letter of the week: Ii (review: all letter Aa-Zz; focus on Aa, Pp, Ss, Mm, Tt)
Math: We will put numbers in order. We will practice counting orally 0-30. We will practice writing numbers 0-20. We will review 2D/3D objects such as cylinder, cube, pyramid, sphere. We will also explore probability this week. We will document ideas in our math journals.
Science: We have started our physical science unit. We will be doing investigations that include how thing moves using terms such as slide and roll. We will document findings in our science journal.
Social Studies: We will explore the concepts of needs and wants. We will be able to sort pictures based on human needs and wants. Needs are means of survival such as clothes, food, water, medicines and and a home. Wants are referred to video games, candy, i-pads etc.
Ms. Mohamed
Dear Parents,
I have requested in the beginning of the year for a 2 pocket folder. Please make sure your child has one. This folder should come to school everyday. Please look in the folder everyday and empty out the folder. Discuss with your child what they did in school today. Please be on the look out for monthly reading logs. Your child should be reading everyday for 20 minutes. October log was already due. If you have not turned it in yet, please do so. The November log is due Dec. 1, 2014. If it is missing, you may write the books on a separate sheet of paper.
If you see any items stapled in your child’s folder, please look over and return if necessary. I recently sent out Parent Teacher Conference reminders and I have not received all confirmations yet.
Also, your child should be coming home with 1-3 take home books a week. They should be able to read these books independently. They should keep all these books in the Ziploc bag provided. This Ziploc bag of books should always remain in their backpacks. This teaches organization as well as responsibility. By the end of the year, your child will have a stack of their own books to make a home library.
On to other school news…
There was a misprint on the last PTA letter sent out. The PTA meeting is on November 19, 2014 at 3:00 pm
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The students of the month are:
Griffin Coykendall
Hannah Harb
Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Ms. Mohamed
READING-We begin Unit 3 TRANSPORTATION. We will read a A Bus for Us, I see a Tiger, Signs at the Park, Turtle and the Rabbit, How Partridge Built Canoes
Strategy focus: Comprehension: characters, setting, problem and solution
WRITING-We will continue with writing sentences (about transportation).
Letter-“T t”
Sight Word-See see
MATH-Number Awareness 0-20 Reading, writing, and counting, exploring 2d/3d shapes. Orally count to 30
SCIENCE-Motion: we will discuss how things move (slide, roll)
SOCIAL STUDIES- Needs and wants-we will discuss the importance of what we need to survive in comparison of what we want for our selves.
Notes:
WEDNESDAY-Late Start and Library Day
Friday: Slipper Day for $1. All proceeds go to the PBIS store.
Ms. Mohamed
Exploring and predicting:
This is what we learned before and after we opened the pumpkins! We even collected some data to share in our journals.
Ms. Mohamed
Our weekly theme is Getting Along.
Lots of review this week as we end our 3 week unit on FRIENDS. We will review the words like, a (remember to read this as “ahh”) and our letters S s P p. We will also be identifying areas of reading on which we need to focus to be good readers. Those areas are:
Comprehension –understanding what we read or is read to us
Accuracy-hearing, working, reading with good language
Fluency-recognizing letters, sounds, and words
Expanding-aware of print, increasing vocabulary in reading, writing, and speaking
WRITING-Writing a good sentence. First comes the idea that you want to write. Say the sentence/idea/thought. Does the sentence make sense? All of this is done before we write any words. Then we begin writing, stretching out each word, listening for sounds and writing the letters that go with the sounds. This is why it is important to know what sounds each letter makes. Next we have to know HOW to write each letter. There is a lot to writing!
MATH-We’ll discover ways we can use our bodies as tools for understanding and applying mathematical skills and concepts. We also will begin another section which has these main areas of focus:
-concepts of addition and subtraction through concrete acvtivities
-number writing
-to extend number comparison skills
-skip counting by 10’s
-introduce the pan balance
Science: Continue exploration of the pumpkin
REMINDER
Tuesday NO SCHOOL Voting Day
Wednesday- Library check out day-don’t forget your books
Friday-1/2 day Dismissal at 11:45
Ms. Mohamed