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Hello Everyone! Here are some highlights from our last two weeks! I hope you enjoy learning about what we’ve been up to!

Literacy

During reader’s workshop lessons the children have been working on the following skills:

-Identifying the elements of fiction: Characters, Setting, Problem, and Solution

-Comparing Fantasy and Realistic Fiction stories

-Making connections

-Identifying the lesson of the story

Identifying character traits.

Writing:

In writing, 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. I hope you enjoyed viewing their writing out in the hallway during conferences. 

The children also wrote a story titled, How To Catch A Turkey. They came up with lots of creative ways to catch a turkey. In their story they had to use the transition words, first, next, and last. Their stories are hanging up in the classroom. Along with the tie-dye turkeys they created on Thursday. I hope you got a chance to glance at them at conferences.

Social Studies

To wrap up our Thanksgiving Unit the children 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. After, they illustrated their book to give the reader additional information. They are very excited to share their book with you over Thanksgiving break!

Math 

In math, the children have been working with:

-the number line

-finding and identifying skip counting patterns 

-practicing counting by 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s. 

-using the number line to find the answers for addition and subtraction number stories. 

-writing addition and subtraction number models (Remembering to use the correct number symbols: +, -, and = to complete each number model). 

-telling time to the hour and half hour

Art Appreciation

On Monday, November 14th, Mrs. Barbieri came in and presented another Art Appreciation presentation to the children. The children loved learning about the painting and getting a chance to draw Saint George and his shield. Thank you for preparing such a wonderful lesson!

Star Students

Thank you to our past two star students, Samantha and Kenley. We enjoyed learning more about each of you!

***Kenley's Photo coming Soon!***

Sorry for the delay, here is Wesley’s star student photo!

Royal Reader

A special thank you to Kenley’s family who joined us the last week as our Royal Readers. The children loved listening to the stories that you read. 

Notes:

-Now that the weather has turned cold be sure to send your child to school each day with a warm jacket, hat, and gloves. Once the snow starts, please remember to also send snow pants and boots. The children will continue to go outside for recess each day, unless it is too cold. Be sure to label your child’s coat, hat, gloves, and boots. Many children have similar items and labeling them helps to make sure each child keeps their own!

-Holiday Book Order! If you would like to place an order for books from the Scholastic book order, they are due Wednesday, November 30th by 3:30pm! It is a great time to order some wonderful books for the holidays! Please email me if your order includes any gifts. I will email you when the order arrives and set up a time for you to pick up your order secretly!

-There is no school Wednesday, November 23 - Friday, November 25. School will resume on Monday, November 28.

Happy Thanksgiving! 

I hope you have a wonderful time with your family and friends! I am thankful that I get to work with your children each and every day!