Week 14

 Week 14: November 27-December 1

We will be very busy during the month of December, but we try very hard to maintain a “business as usual vibe” as much as we can.

This week we will:

• Work on adding and subtracting within 20

• Practice our fluency within 10

• Hone our writing skills with our new hallway project 

• Enjoy Hansel and Gretel in our weekly book club and enjoy some related STEM activities

• Analyze story elements

Ask your Firstie:

• What is whole body listening?

• What do you do if somebody is distracting you at your table during instruction or work time?

• What books do you have in your bin right now?

• What are your new math centers this week?

Week 13

 Week 13: November 20-24

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is some helpful SEL information.

Week 12

 Week 12: November 13-17

Academic Updates:

Math: We will be subtracting teen numbers.

Foundational Skills: Our focus this week is on the long o sound using the VCe spelling pattern in words like: zone, home, cone, cyclone, and joke.

Comprehension Skills: We will be applying what we learned about inside and outside character traits to our writing.

Ask your Firstie:

• What is your scarecrow’s name? What does it look like and what does it like to do?

• What does Sneaky E do?

• How are teen numbers made? (10 and some more?)

• If I have 10 pieces of candy and you have 5, how many pieces do we have altogether?

• If Uncle Fred has 17 pieces of candy and gives you 7 how many pieces will he have left?

Classroom donations

We have some fun things planned leading up to Thanksgiving.  There are also a few consumable supplies we could use a hand with. Please check out this sign up sheet.  We need most of the items for projects THIS FRIDAY. Thank you! We appreciate all your help!

Week 11

 Week 11: November 6-10

Academic Updates:

Math: We will be working with teen numbers-constructing and adding them.

Foundational Skills: Spelling multisyllabic words will be our focus.

Comprehension Skills: We will be learning about inside and outside character traits through a variety of reading alouds this week including books about scarecrows. 

Ask Your Firstie:

• How many syllables are in the following words: November, planet, stars, permission, give, turkey

• What are the friends of ten? (Try naming a number 0-10 and have your Firstie tell you how many more are needed to make ten). 

• When/where is the best way to see stars in the sky?

• When are some times it’s necessary to use a capital letter?

• What do these marks mean and when do we use them? . ! ?