Nov 17-21
Only 5 more days of our routine before we all get a break! I know your little people are looking forward to some school-free days!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Only 5 more days of our routine before we all get a break! I know your little people are looking forward to some school-free days!
THE PILGRIM DOLL PROJECT
The Pilgrim Doll project is due on Wednesday, November 19th. Please feel free to send the dolls back if you are done with it already. I can't wait to make a little exhibit of our pilgrim dolls in the classroom. This is such a fun project and the students get to really understand what a "pilgrim" is!
We had a long detailed discussion the other day and found out that many of the friends in our class are pilgrims! We made a first grade definition of the word pilgrim too! We said, "A Pilgrim is someone who was born in one country and made a choice to move to another country with their family or alone."
Monday: This week we will be logging into Raz-Kids for our reading homework! If you need a reminder for login names and passwords please let me know. I can send it to you.
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning. No math homework this week. Please have your child complete a few activities on iXL this week!
Wednesday: Pilgrim Doll project due.
Thanksgiving meal at 11:56 . PTA reflection Award: 6:30-7:30
Thursday:
Friday: Library Day! All library books are due by Friday morning at 8:00.
Nov 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning. No math homework this week. Please have your child complete a few activities on iXL this week!
Wednesday: Pilgrim Doll project due.
Thanksgiving meal at 11:56 . PTA reflection Award: 6:30-7:30
Thursday:
Friday: Library Day! All library books are due by Friday morning at 8:00.
Nov 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
Here is what we will be doing this week:
READING
This week we are diving deeper into different types of fictions. We will read Realistic Fictions, stories that all the characters are human and the problem and the solution in the story are things that could really happen in real life. We will also learn about Historical Fictions. Sometimes authors of fictions are interested in a part of history. The author might choose to make up a story that is set in the time period they are interested in. But the characters are usually made up and the plot of the story is fiction.
WRITING
We will continue writing about the Thanksgiving Story. The kids have done a great job recording facts in their own words about the Pilgrims, the Mayflower Ship, the Native Americans and the first Thanksgiving feast. I always have so much fun reading their stories! It is just amazing how they learn the facts and then they interpret/understand it in their own way! I can't wait for you to see their writings.This week we will put our pages together and make a non-fiction book: All About Thanksgiving.
This week we are diving deeper into different types of fictions. We will read Realistic Fictions, stories that all the characters are human and the problem and the solution in the story are things that could really happen in real life. We will also learn about Historical Fictions. Sometimes authors of fictions are interested in a part of history. The author might choose to make up a story that is set in the time period they are interested in. But the characters are usually made up and the plot of the story is fiction.
WRITING
We will continue writing about the Thanksgiving Story. The kids have done a great job recording facts in their own words about the Pilgrims, the Mayflower Ship, the Native Americans and the first Thanksgiving feast. I always have so much fun reading their stories! It is just amazing how they learn the facts and then they interpret/understand it in their own way! I can't wait for you to see their writings.This week we will put our pages together and make a non-fiction book: All About Thanksgiving.
MATH
This week we will introduce the double strategy in addition. Knowing doubles will help us to do addition facts quicker. We will learn doubles from 1-9 and then apply our knowledge in problem solving. Once we master our doubles, we can use this strategy to do doubles + 1 and doubles +2 really quick. For example if I know 4+4=8 than I know 4+5 is just one more than 4+4, which means one more than 8.
SCIENCE
We will continue learning about different forms of energy such as light, heat and sound. This week, we will be "energy detectives' and we will examine everyday objects such as the alarm clock, the holiday lights, the hair dryer, the pencil sharpener and so on and observe and detect different forms of energy associated with each object. We will make observation, discuss the importance of each type of energy and record in our science journals.
This week we will introduce the double strategy in addition. Knowing doubles will help us to do addition facts quicker. We will learn doubles from 1-9 and then apply our knowledge in problem solving. Once we master our doubles, we can use this strategy to do doubles + 1 and doubles +2 really quick. For example if I know 4+4=8 than I know 4+5 is just one more than 4+4, which means one more than 8.
SCIENCE
We will continue learning about different forms of energy such as light, heat and sound. This week, we will be "energy detectives' and we will examine everyday objects such as the alarm clock, the holiday lights, the hair dryer, the pencil sharpener and so on and observe and detect different forms of energy associated with each object. We will make observation, discuss the importance of each type of energy and record in our science journals.
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