Happy November!
We had such a fun week with our Halloween parade, setting up our November calendar and celebrating birthdays!
In Reading Workshop we continued to activate our secret SUPER READER powers! This week, we learned about picture power, partner power and re-read power. An explanation of all the powers will be coming home to you once we've learned them all.
Your child will be bringing some of his/her paper books home today. Some are harder than others. Please have your child read the sight word books to you. These are the copied books that have been colored by your child. S/he should use a pointer finger with 1:1 correspondence while reading. Often, this means slowing down to make sure that your finger is matching your voice. I suggest
making a special book box to collect these books at home throughout the year.
These books do not need to come back to school. A good reading routine for home is for your child to read a book from this box to you and then you can read a chosen book after. Repeated reading of these books increases your child's sight word vocabulary, reinforces book handling skills and gives your child a chance to exercise his/her super powers!
We continued our Writing Workshop unit, Looking Closely. This week we learned the sight word "and", so we had the power to write a lot more details about our chosen specimen. We used magnifying glasses to notice even more about each item.
We are comparing amounts in our math lessons. We began by building a 10-tower and finding items in the room that are taller and shorter. Next, we compared two handfuls of cubes. Last, we learned a card game called "Compare" (traditionally called "WAR"), where we compared numbers. We are simultaneously increasing our mathematical vocabulary, using words like "more", "less" and "equal", while describing our findings.
In science, we gathered October's weather data and recorded it into our science notebooks. We also had the Darien Environmental Group visit us and speak to us about making less trash. They gave us a wrap to use at lunch so we don't need plastic baggies! We're going to try to make less trash at snack and at lunch time.
In social studies, Officer Dan visited us on Monday to discuss Halloween safety. We also learned two Second Steps lessons about following directions and ignoring distractions. Look for the notes sent home for more information and an opportunity to practice with your child. We also began to discuss veterans. We made cards for those who are serving our country right now.
News and Notes:
- 11/7 NO SCHOOL- Election Day
- Thursday 11/9 Scholastic November order due by the end of the school day
- 11/14 Picture Retakes- Please let me know if you would like your child to have his/her picture re-taken
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| Noticing changes in each month's weather |
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| Recording weather data in our notebooks |
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| Officer Dan visits |
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| Comparing heights in math |
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| Our Halloween Parade |
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| Happy Halloween! |
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| Making cards for those serving our country |
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| The Darien Environmental Group teaches us to recycle |
