11-10-19

Week at a Glance

Monday: B Day (SEL, Gym)
Tuesday: C Day (Music)
Wednesday: D Day (Late Start, Music)
Thursday: E Day (Thanksgiving Luncheon, Art and Tinker Time)
Friday: F Day (Half Day, Junior Achievement, Specials Schedule TBD)

Volunteering this Week

Tuesday: 9:30-10:00 Math Rotations
Wednesday: 10:45-11:15 Math Rotations
Thursday: 3:05-3:30 Tinker Time

Academic Updates

Writing: The kids will write a short narrative about Thanksgiving, so a reminder of your family's plans and traditions for the holiday will help them be prepared.

Math: We'll add to our addition and subtraction strategies.  We will also strengthen our skip counting skills, so keep practicing counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Social Studies: Junior Achievement will introduce some basic economic terms.

Reading: I'll ask kids to discuss some of their independent reading using sequencing words to describe the story.  We'll practice as a groups learning about he life cycle of frogs.

Science: We'll finish up our Spinning Sky Unit with learning about how the stars can help us find our way.  We'll also talk about the cardinal directions.

SEL: Our social worker visits on Monday to help us practice "listening with our eyes" to get the most out of our learning time.

Stuff-a-Truck

We are accepting donations all week of non-perishable food items.  All donations will go to local families in need.

Thanksgiving Luncheon

This Thursday is our annual luncheon.  Children are asked to dress nicely as we celebrate this special day as a school family.  Volunteers will serve a turkey dinner.

Ask your Firstie about....

...Lips the Fish
...Why the stars seem to come out at night
...Verbs
...Considering the size of the problem