Week of November 24

 
 
Our Resources for the mini-week are: Monday- #1-18 P.E. and #19-37 will be in the classroom and Tuesday- Art. Wednesday is Kareem's birthday and Thursday is Thanksgiving. :)

Don't forget to work on the Mooseltoe Family Project over break.  We will see you all back on Tuesday December 2nd.

MATH 
We are wrapping up our mini-unit on patterns. The students have had fun using a variety of math tools to create a sorts of patterns. I have been really impressed by their abilities in this area. They have taken simple 2 color patterns and created much more difficult patterns. Making fall leaf patterns will be our final activity. On Tuesday we will use our math skills to complete some Thanksgiving-themed activities. 


ELA

(English Language Arts~ Reading and Writing)

The sight words we are focusing on are made and into. We are reading two different Thanksgiving Books and discussing the events that happen in each. Then we are discussing the traditions that our families have during this time and the yummy foods we eat. :) The book titles are Happy Thanksgiving by Margaret McNamara and 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey. 
On Tuesday we will be throwing in some Thanksgiving FUN by making turkey hats. :) Make sure to check the blog for pictures of the cutest turkeys EVER!!

Here is the video for 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving.

SCIENCE

We are finishing up our focus on movement and motion this week. The students have really stretched their brains thinking of ways objects move. They discovered that zippers move up and down, that clocks move around and around and a ramp can help make an object move faster.  As we move into December we will explore gravity!