DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Thurs. Nov. 10th—1/2 Day/Parent Teacher Conferences from 1:00-4:00 & 5:00-8:00
-Friday, November 11th—Half Day/Veteran’s Day
-Tuesday, November 15th—No School/Deer Day
-Monday, November 21st—Delayed Start & Kindergarten Thanksgiving Activities (pm)
-Tuesday, Nov. 22nd—Cutting up our Veggies (am)
-Wednesday, Nov. 23rd—Our Feast (pm)
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Our student of the week is Zane Geeseman. Zane enjoys riding his horse Mickey and competing in rodeos; he is a true cowboy at heart! He likes to eat Doritos, steak, & lunchables. He aspires to be a cowboy and a football player when he grows up. Congratulations to Zane on being our Student of the Week!
CONFERENCES:
I am looking forward to meeting with each of you this week for conferences. In addition to discussing your child’s progress, we will look ahead and discuss how to support their next steps to learning. We have some very exciting things coming up as we look to the future! Please be sure to return your yellow conference slip so that I can make adjustments in times if needed. :)
Y-TIES:
Mrs. Sluiter, our PE teacher, is offering this opportunity for you to order these kid-friendly laces. These are great to put in laced shoes, but do not require students to tie their shoes. If your child has laced shoes, I would highly recommend them, especially with winter coming and the constant switching between boots and shoes:) Please check your child’s folder for their yellow order form.
READING:
This week our class will be focusing on the rules they follow at home and in school. Children also will be reading stories about the laws people follow in their neighborhoods and communities. Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing:
· Vocabulary—cooperate, rules—Make a chart of the rules your child follows. Encourage your child to think about the ways we cooperate, or work together with others.
· Sightwords—to & it—Fill a small pan with shaving cream. Have your child write the words in the shaving cream each time you use the word in a sentences—a great activity to do in the tub:)
· Category Words—action words—Encourage your child to think of laws and rules to follow at home, at school, and in the community.
· Phonics—Letter Ii—Help your child think of words that include the letter I, write the words on paper and have them underline the letter i.
· Beanie Baby Strategies—This week we will introduce Chunky Monkey—he helps us read and write by identifying ‘chunks’ or ‘word families’ that we know within words. We will be using Chunky Monkey to read and write words with the chunks—ig, it, in, & ip.
WRITING:
This week we will continue to write like Scientists; we will go on a listening walk and collect some things from nature to bring back to the classroom to observe, sketch, and write about. We will also be writing about something we ‘want’ and what we would be willing to ‘trade’ for it.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will learn about one of our important responsibilities as a citizen—voting. We will exercise our ‘democratic right to vote,’ as we vote for a special treat that we will have later in the week. We will also begin our Social Studies Unit on Market Economy as we learn the difference between ‘a want’ and ‘a need’ and discuss the importance of making a ‘fair trade.’ In observance of Veteran’s Day, we will learn about how we can show honor and respect to our veterans.
MATH:
This week we will work on ordering numbers from smallest to biggest and look for patterns. We will also be graphing our vote and interpreting the data.
I will be out of the classroom Wednesday morning to meet with the gentleman from the Michigan Department of Education for a follow-up from our on-site review. I don't like stepping away from the classroom, but this is a worthy cause and I know the students will be on their best behavior for our substitute:)
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