11-17-19

Week at a Glance

Monday: A Day (Gym and Library)
Tuesday: B Day (Gym and SEL)
Wednesday: C Day (Late Start and Music)
Thursday: D Day (Music)
Friday: E Day (Art and Tinker Time)

Volunteering this Week

Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00-9:30 for Math Rotations
Friday: 3:05-3:30 for Tinker Time

Academic Updates

Reading: Skippy the Frog and Helpful Kangaroo will make an appearance. We will wrap up our unit on sequencing and begin working on analyzing story elements.
Phonics: More time is needed to finish up our weeks-long study of blends.  Final blends will remain our focus throughout the week.
Phonemic Awareness: Each day we spend time segmenting and blending words, determining the number of syllables, identifying beginning and ending sounds.  The idea is that a solid oral and verbal understanding of words will lead to stronger reading abilities.
Social Studies: We will continue our study of families, communities, and basic economics.
Science: All the half days in November have slowed us down.  It's likely we will finish up our Spinning Sky unit this week.

Gear

Please have your Firsties label each piece of their winter gear.  Our Lost and Found is already overflowing! Students are welcome to visit the Lost and Found at the start of any recess, first thing in the morning, and at the end of the day.  Also of note, our classroom lately has been very warm and toasty.  If your Firstie is balking at the idea of warm indoor clothes that may be the reason! That said, Lincoln is an older school and temperature fluctuations from day-to-day are not uncommon. Keeping a sweater or long-sleeved shirt in the backpack is probably a good idea.