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Literacy

Treasures: 

This week, the children worked with digraphs (sh, th). They read several non-fiction stories about animals. The children worked on identifying the main idea and supporting details for each selection. 

Grammar Packets:

The children worked with plural nouns again this week. They learned that some plural nouns do not end with -s or -es. These nouns use a new word to name more than one (ex. mouse - mice). The children also worked with proofreading, they read a sentence and had to decide if it was written correctly or incorrectly. If it was written incorrectly they had to correct the errors.  

Writing:

This week, the children wrote a piece about what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving. Each child wrote about three things they are thankful for and why. They glued their writing to a turkey that they created using construction paper. You can view their writing out in the hallway during conferences. 

Math 

In Math, the children worked with their calculators. They practiced reading and entering numbers and symbols on the calculator. They programmed their calculators to count forward and backward by counts of 2s, 5s, and 10s. On Tuesday, the children worked with the dime. They identified the characteristics of a dime and noted its value. The children showed equivalent amounts of money using pennies and nickels. They worked with exchanging pennies for nickels and dimes. The children also showed amounts of money using dollars-and-cents-notation. On Wednesday, they found the values of combinations of dimes, nickels, and pennies. On Friday, we had a Data Day. We created a tally chart and then turned it into a line plot. The children used the line plot to answer questions. 

The children enjoyed playing two games this week to help them practice counting coins: Coin-Dice and Dime-Nickel-Penny Grab.

Science

We wrapped up our Collecting and Examining Life science unit this week. The children ended the unit by answering questions using Mimio Vote. They enjoyed reviewing all the concepts they had learned using their very own Mimio vote clicker. 

Social Studies

This week, the children learned all about the Wampanoag Indians. They listened to stories and worked together to fill out a graphic organizer about the Wampanoags homes, clothing, games, and food. At the end of the week, they used all of their graphic organizers to create a book titled, The Wampanoags, Pilgrims, and Me. Each child wrote down the facts they learned over the last couple weeks about the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians. They are very excited to share their book with you over Thanksgiving break.

Happy Birthday

On Friday, we celebrated Oliwia’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Oliwia!

Star Student

Jacob was our star student this week. Thanks Jacob for sharing all about you!

Royal Reader

A special thank you to Jacob’s Mom, she joined us this week as our Royal Reader. The children really enjoyed listening to the two stories that Mrs. Miller read, Aliens in Underpants Save the World and It’s Thanksgiving. 

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a wonderful time with your family and friends.