Week of November 3

We can't wait to see all the different boots on Friday! There are so many different types...cowboy boots, rain boots, hiking boots, even pink Princess boots!! :)

Our Resources for the week are: Monday- #1-18 MEDIA and #19-36 ART, Tuesday- #1-18 MEDIA and #19-36 P.E., Wednesday- ART and Friday- MUSIC. Wednesday is another Early Release Day. Friday is Boots Day! Calleigh will be bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class. (We have lots of available dates to sign up for snack. Email us what date you would like to send snack in for. ) Also, Scholastic Book orders are due by Friday. :) Order online at scholastic.com/readingclub. Our Class Activation Code is GLPLP.

**Be on the lookout for Report Cards and our Second Quarter Testing Information Sheet, both will be going home this week. Quick Reminder~ There is no school on Monday (Nov.10) and Tuesday (Nov.11). **

MATH

We will continue working on our comparing Standards. Now that we have had lots of practice comparing 2 numbers and groups we are taking the next step in comparing more than 2 numbers and groups. We will be ordering numbers toward the end of the week, which makes number recognition SUPER important!! We are learning numbers 11-15 this quarter so that is something you should definitely review at home.

ELA

(English Language Arts~ Reading and Writing)

The sight words we are focusing on are down, he, she and at. We will be using our Houghton Mifflin Reading Series, along with online books from Rourke E-Books and Capstone Library to learn about the seasons. We will begin with an overview of all four seasons (Here is a link to the book Seasons by Tracy Nelson Maurer.) and then we will focus on Fall and Winter.
 As we learn about the seasons we will practice retelling information about each one. Make sure to discuss them with your child and get them to tell share everything they have learned. :)

Here are two slideshows of the books from our Reading Series. 

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I realized last week I never really inform you all about what is going on with writing and I apologize. We practice writing a little bit every day, but on Thursday's we skip reading any books and our lessons solely focuses on writing. We discuss the differences between uppercase & lowercase letters, letters & words and words & sentences. Your child writes in their journals about opinions of books and other topics discussed in class. This quarter we will focus on drawing more details in our pictures and writing letters using some of the beginning sounds we hear, while also using the the sight words we have learned in class.

Please know that writing is a very complex process! There are many different stages of writing and with 36 students, everyone is in a different stage. Below are two pictures that can hopefully give you a better understanding of the Writing Process. :)
      

SCIENCE

We are moving on to new standards in Science. We will investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc. Also, students will observe that a push or a pull can change the way an object is moving. Check out this link on how animals move. It’s really neat!
*We will not have Science on Wednesday because of our Early Dismissal time.*