News and Information:

No School: November 27th

What We Did This Week:

We visited art, gym and music.

ELA (English Language Arts): 

We focused on letters Kk and Yy this week.We are working on answering questions about our read aloud stories including questions about the characters, setting, problem, solution and discussing the roles of an illustrator and author. We studied syllables of words (parts) and isolating the first sound of a word. We are also discussing basic concepts of print and studying the difference between a letter and a word. We continue to read big books and discuss concepts important for reading.

We rotated through Daily 5 and students met with me in small literacy groups. Students are beginning to bring home practice bags (please keep them in the student’s backpack).

Writing: 

We continue to write and draw in our journals remembering that a good story includes a character and setting. We are also working on adding details to our pictures. Students are taking turns sharing their stories on the classroom whiteboard.

We practiced writing and sharing our opinions from our Writing Topic List.

Math:

In addition to number practice, we created our 3-D shape museum. We also had an introduction to length and measurement.

Science

We continued our study of The 5 Senses with using our sense of taste to taste different apple slices and graph our favorite flavor.

Social Studies

We will be introducing the concept of Needs and Wants.

I need parent help by collecting toy, clothes and food advertisements you may find in the mail. Feel free to send them in.

We also had a Second Steps lesson on feelings, identifying feelings on our friend’s faces and responding appropriately.

Have a great weekend!