Kid, you'll move mountains.
~Dr. Seuss
11/17/2017 0 Comments Writing True StoriesI hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving and your long weekend at home and were able to spend time as a family and relax. Over the break, I had time to reflect on the gift of time with your precious child. I cannot put into words how much I love my job because I get to spend time with funny, caring, adventurous, sweet kids. Thanks again for sharing your child with me this year.
Memories are made over the holidays! Hopefully, your child has some to share because in writing we are writing true stories. The students get to write in a storyteller’s voice about a memory or story they have experienced. This is more difficult than expected. Many students want to tell about a thing (pet, toy, place) rather than an experience. The stories do not need to be about a big event like a vacation or getting a new pet. Some of the best stories come out of everyday events, like a humorous family dinner, a game, or visit from a friend. Please talk to your child and ask what they are writing about. Please help him or her remember what they saw and did during this experience! In Amplify, we are decoding CVC words and manipulating the sounds to create real and nonsense words. Students are working on reading words on sight instead of stretching out every sound. Please refer to the sight words listed on this page. Students should be able to read those words within a few seconds. We will start sending home individualized sight word lists in January. As we get closer to the holidays, please discuss your family traditions with your child and remind them how lucky we are to live in a place where people are free to celebrate as they choose. We will touch on some of the major winter holidays. Please let me know what holidays your family celebrates. We want to be sure to include everyone! Will you be traveling over the holidays? School goes right up to December 21rd. Please let me know if and when your child will be out!
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11/2/2017 0 Comments Native Americans and CelebrationsHalloween was so much fun! I hope you and your children are catching up on sleep. Candy is a very exciting part of Halloween, but please do not send candy as a snack to school this week. They need something substantial to get through the day, especially as the adrenaline, excitement and fun wear off throughout the week.
In math, we are working on decomposing numbers. That is complicated away to say that we are setting the conceptual foundation for addition and subtraction. How many ways can you make 10? 6 and 4, 5 and 5, 7 and 3, they are learning to use patterns to figure out all the options. In core, we will study the Native Americans and how they lived before North American was settled by the Pilgrims. They used very different things than we use including a papoose (baby carrier), parfleche (small bag), homes, clothes, and tools including arrow heads. Next week, we will learn about the pilgrims. Why did they leave their homes to come live in an inhabited and dangerous land? The weather and unfamiliar lands made it very difficult. At the end of the week, we will learn how the Native Americans taught the pilgrims skills like farming and hunting to help save them from the harsh climate. Our young authors are loving their teaching books and are almost ready to publish! Throughout the year, we refer to our young authors as "Super Writers!" We will learn to solve problems and that when you think you're done, you've just begun! As the holidays approach, please let me know if there are any family traditions that you do or do not celebrate that I should be aware of as we learn about different celebrations. Remember to remind students to “keep magic alive” if they no longer believe. Also, let me know if you have travel plans so I can plan assessments and class celebrations. |
Specials ScheduleMonday: Media
Tuesday: Technology Wednesday: PE Thursday: Music Friday: Art Sight Wordsred, the, like, can, orange yellow, a, I, green, blue, purple, black, we, see, pink, white, gray
Important DatesDecember Archives
February 2020
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