Hello,
I hope you had a wonderful Halloween! We had a fantastic time during Halloween centers. November is a busy month; we are planning our first field trip; we will make Stone Soup later in the month, and of course, THANKSGIVING!
This week’s theme was voting, and we learned about the importance of voting and how to vote. We voted if we liked Oreo cookies or chocolate chip cookies better. Chocolate chip won by two votes. Would you mind asking your child about the words: ballot, the ballot box, and election? To see if they remembered what we studied. Next week’s theme is all about Turkeys. We will read a series of fiction and nonfiction books about Turkeys. (Everyone’s Turkey in Disguise turned out super cute! Thank you for helping your child make that craft!)
Reading
We continued to work on decoding words. We are meeting in small groups where I can personalize instruction. Our reading stamina is almost 15 minutes! Once we make our goal of sitting in one spot and reading the whole time, for 15 minutes, we will have a celebration. This week we hunted for snap words, read with a partner, and learned how important it is to check the picture to help us with an unknown word.
Our Reading Lady, Ms. Mimi, came in, and she read us a rhyming book and talked to us about rhyming! We are so thankful that she comes to read to our class!
Phonics
We have been practicing making every alphabet sound and writing every letter of the alphabet. We played ABC school where each child taught a Beanie Baby how to make the alphabet sounds, spell the snap words and write the lowercase letters. (I buy the beanie babies in bulk, and each one is individually wrapped. From time to time, we will repeat this activity and teach the Beannie Baby what we are learning, so please do not be surprised if they take this small toy home. They can keep it.)
SNAP words we studied this week:
This
Look
At
Math:
This week in maths, we worked a lot on counting to 10 and finding different ways to make 10. We also played Monster Squeeze, which helps us learn about greater/less than when comparing numbers! Lastly, we talked about length and height by comparing objects that are found in our classroom. We used sentences like, the pencil is longer than the lego, or the lego is shorter than the pencil.
Writing:
We continued writing pattern books this week! We introduced surprise endings, what they are and how we can write a surprise ending. We also worked on stretching out our words in our writing by practicing stretching out our names when running and snapping them back when we stop.
Dates:
Volunteers start next week; if you would like to volunteer, reach out to me. You can volunteer weekly, bi-weekly, or only once.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH-American Recycles Day: Bring a dollar and wear GREEN
Week of November 23- Testing in all subjects, including reading and writing all the snap words.
December 9- dismissal 11:30- Parent-teacher conferences– more information to come out soon. They will be over Zoom. If you cannot meet on December 9, PLEASE let me know to set up a different time. I am always open to conferences with parents, either in person, over the phone, or through zoom.
December 16- This date might change- Field Trip to the Outdoor Center. Each classroom can only take 5 volunteers. If you would like to volunteer, I will take the first 5 who ask. Remember this is the OUTDOOR center, and we will be outside during DECEMBER. There will be more comfortable field trips later in the year. There will be more information to come.