November 12th Newsletter

Important Dates
November
12 – End of the trimester
23 – Report Cards
24, 25, & 26 – No School – Thanksgiving Break
30 - Conferences

December
1 & 2 – Conferences
3 – No School

Math
Last week during library time, the students were shown a video explaining the Math-a-thon program. This program is a fund raiser for St. Jude's Hospital in Chicago. If you would like your child to participate in it, return the form (filled out) to school. The librarian will send home either a booklet or a CD depending on which one you requested. Thank you for supporting local charities.

Character Counts
Our pillar for the month of November is “Respect.” Please have your child wear yellow on each Friday in November.

On Friday, I am sending home a sheet with your conference time on it. Please sign and return the bottom of the sheet to me as soon as possible. Thanks.

Our student of the week for next week will be Dominic.

Reading
Our stories will be An Egg is an Egg, Fluff is Missing, Go Away Otto! and Helping at Home.

Comprehension Strategies
We will be working on the comprehension strategies of summarizing, drawing conclusions, responding, and reading for information.

Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words will be: children, come, family, father, loves, mother, people, picture, your, black, block, Fluff, and plan.

Phonics Skills
We will be working on words with clusters with “l” (block, plan, etc.), blending short “o” words, clusters with “r” (train, crow, etc.) and contractions with ‘s.

Grammar Lesson
We will work on recognizing the difference between a sentence and a non sentence.

Spelling Words
on, not, got, box, hot, top, pond, doll, they, why

Have an enjoyable weekend!