November 5th Newsletter

Important Dates
November
5 – Movie Night (at PV)
10 – Picture retakes
11 – No School – Veteran's Day
12 – End of the trimester
23 – Report Cards
24, 25, & 26 – No School – Thanksgiving Break
30 - Conferences

December
1 & 2 - Conferences

3 - No School

Halloween Party
Thank you to all of the parents that helped out with the Halloween party and also to the parents that brought in paper products, food, treats, etc. The party ran very smoothly. The children had a good time.

Book-It
If you haven't turned in your October reading calendar yet, please do so by Monday. Thanks.

Math
In math, we completed chapter 6 and took a unit review test covering chapters 1-6. We will be starting chapter 7 which covers related subtraction & addition problems to 12 (such as 5+7=12 and 12-7=5).

Reading Anthologies
Please return your child's reading textbook if you haven't done so already. Thanks.

Student of the Week
Courtney will be our student of the week next week.

Reading
Next week we will read four stories. Hilda Hen’s Scary Night is about a brave hen that crosses the farmyard at night. In The Trip, we will read about a mouse family that visits the art museum. At the Aquarium is a nonfiction selection with beautiful photographs of fish and other marine animals. Our final story, Why Sun and Moon Live in the Sky is based on an African tale.

Comprehension Strategies
- categorizing, classifying, questioning and rereading.

Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words are: blue, color, green, also, funny, many, like, some, and brown

Phonics Skills
- contractions, short “i” words, verbs ending with –s, -ed, -ing, and possessives with ‘s.

Grammar Lesson
- action parts of a sentence and capitalizing the first word in a sentence.

Spelling Words
Our spelling words for next week are: trip, grab, crab, trap, drip, grin, crack, brown, when, & this

Remember to set your clocks back this weekend & to change your smoke detector batteries. Have a great weekend!