Today we had popcorn day and spirit day. Take a look at some of our great hats!
Coming Up:
- November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break
- Tuesday, November 28 : Christmas Program (please see the pink note in folders today)
- Friday, December 1: Early Release Day
- Thursday, December 21: Christmas Party - 9am
- Friday, December 22: Last Day of School Before Break
- December 23 - January 8: Winter Break
Reading: We began a new unit in reading focusing on characters. As your child is reading at home, if it is a book with characters in it, have your child describe what they notice about the character(s) in the book. You can also have them stop midway and predict what the character will do next.
Writing: We are finishing up our narrative or small moment assessment pieces before thanksgiving break. We will move into writing how to stories in December.
Math: We have been busy working our way through story problems. This week we moved from unknown partner story problems into subtraction. We also started solving mixed addition and subtraction problems. Have your child practice writing and solving some story problems on their whiteboard at home!
Whiteboard Tip: This week's tip is more of a reading skill than a writing skill. But it's also a very important one for the students to be doing. As readers our words can get pretty long and tricky. While saying each sound and blending them together is important, it is only the groundwork for a much more efficient skill. When we read multi-syllable words, we split up the word by "mouthfuls." Mouthfuls are actually syllables, but it's easier for the kiddos to remember. ;) When a large word is broken up into mouthfuls, it's easier for a reader to tackle one part at a time. (see picture below).
Our process for teaching this reading is to say the sounds in the first mouthful, sound by sound (putting a dot under each one letter sound and a dash under each 2+ letter sound). Then we blend that first part together. Next, we move on to the next mouthful, saying each of those sounds and blending it together. Finally we go back and thread both mouthfuls together and say the word. This process can be done with any multi-syllable word - see if you can think of words your child has some interest in. Write that word on the left side of the whiteboard. On the right side, split it up by mouthfuls and then have your child go through those sounds with you.
Here are some examples:
thanksgiving thanks gi ving
turkey tur key
eating ea ting
potato po ta to
There will not be a newsletter next week with our short week. I would like to take a moment to share my thanks and gratitude to all of you for being such incredible families to work with. I appreciate your partnership and dedication to your child's success! Happy Thanksgiving!
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