November 10th Newsletter

Important Dates
November
11 – No School – Veteran's Day
18 – End of the trimester
23, 24, & 25 – No School – Thanksgiving Break
29 & 30 - Conferences
December
1 – Conferences
2 – No School

Math
Last week during library time, the students were shown a video explaining the Math-a-thon program. This program is a fundraiser 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.

Last week I sent home a sheet with your conference time on it. Please sign and return the bottom of the sheet to me if you haven't done so already.

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

Exploration Station
We just started a new unit in science dealing with weather. Our first topic that was covered was hurricanes & tornadoes. We read books and then compared & contrasted the 2 types of weather using a Venn diagram. We also played on a website which allowed the children to change the size & strength of a tornado and see what happens. You may want to have your child show you how it works on your computer at home. Here is a link to that website:
http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/3.html

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
-using double consonants such as -ff at the end of words

Grammar Lesson
-when to use “a” or “an” in a sentence

Spelling Words
up, man, crab, off, cliff, stiff, cuff, come, some, & stuffing