Today we combined with Mrs. Signore's class and I taught word work to all 39 students. Wow! It was a packed house, but it was so much fun to switch things up a bit!
Coming Up:
- Monday, November 13: Book Fair Shopping Day at 11am
- Tuesday, November 14: Night #2 of P/T Conferences
- Friday, November 17: Final day to donate food for the PE Cares Food Drive (We have had very few donations. Please consider donating. You may drop off Tuesday evening at conferences too.)
- November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break
- Tuesday, November 28 : Christmas Program
- 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:
This week we worked with partners to practice retelling our fiction stories. We used our five fingers to tell what happened first, next, then, after than, and finally with a partner. If your child is reading a fiction WEB book, ask them to use their fingers to retell the story to you. Next week we will dive into our characters unit.
Writing:
This week we continued our 2nd narrative story. We focused on transition words and adding more details to our pages. We will wrap up these stories next week.
Math:
Story problems have arrived! This is a big jump as students work to learn how to read, process and solve story problems. This week we focused on addition stories and counting on. Next week we will shift into subtraction.
Whiteboard Practice:
This week we were introduced to five different spelling for the /ee/ sound, like in me. We learned the following sounds:
ee, like in sleep
ea, like in clean
ie, like in shield
y, like in funny
e, like in she
Have your child write these five heading across the top of the whiteboard. After your child reads their WEB book, have them go back and hunt through the book for words with the /ee/ sound. When those words are found, have them say as they write the word in the column that matches the /ee/ spelling on their board (example below). Feel free to use library books or any other books at home that your child is reading.
It is incredibly important that your child is saying the sounds and spelling the words correctly. Please correct any errors you see immediately.
Thank you for taking the time to fill out the newsletter survey I sent. Because my newsletters are for you, I wanted to make sure they are what you want. For those interested, I have summarized what was learned from your responses:
1. The majority of you would like to receive newsletter updates once a week, some every other week. Typically in the fall and winter I will send updates once a week. Once we get closer to spring, they may be closer to every other week. I will continue to try to send these on Friday. On occasion we may have a super busy day in our class (instruction is always a priority), or I may have a lot happening with my family at night (like last weekend!), and am not able to get it out sooner.
2. There were some that preferred an email na blog update with an email reminder to check the blog. The advantage here is that all updates are in one place and you are able to go back to check for important dates later. It also is easier to share pictures with you.
ewsletter, though the majority want a blog update with email reminder to check it. I will continue with
3. All respondents would like important dates and pictures included. The majority of you would also like what we are working on, upcoming units and whiteboard tips.
4. The majority of you like to receive reminders midweek when there is something important happening. All but one respondent preferred email over a text message, therefore I will continue with email reminders.
Please know I am open to all feedback on how to best communicate with you. If you have any further ideas or suggestions throughout the year, I welcome your insight. Thanks again for your time!
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