Newsletter 11/4/16

We finished up our study of emergent/story books this week, trying to use exact words that the characters say while reading and attempting to recognize some of the printed words.  See the emergent book lessons in the photo below.   In our phonics lessons, we learned about letters N, R, E and sight words "you", "are" and "at".  We are reading many books which we call "paper books" here at school.  These are thematic books that focus on the sight words we are studying each week.  Students color them and read them multiple times, to themselves, partners and to me.  These will be coming home soon.

We began a new unit in Writing Workshop this week: Looking Closely.  We are observing objects (leaves right now) like scientists and recording our findings.

Our math lessons have been on comparing this week, comparing lengths and amounts.  We played a fun card game called "Compare" (which you may know as "War"). We are also working on numeral formation and increasing our number sense.  We worked on quickly recognizing amounts rolled on a die.

We are busy rehearsing for our sing to the veterans next week and we are also learning all about the upcoming election.  This week we talked about the job of the president, the land he leads and his schedule.  We also looked at some of the rooms in the White House!

News and Notes:

• please let me know if you have a veteran in your family who will be attending Thursday's program.
• No School next Tuesday, 11/8

Playing "Compare" with partners

Happy Halloween!