November 18th Newsletter

Important Dates
November
18 – End of the trimester
23, 24, & 25 – No School – Thanksgiving Break
29 – Report Cards
29 & 30 - Conferences
December
1 – Conferences
2 – No School

Thanksgiving Break
Since next week is a short week due to the Thanksgiving Break, there won't be a newsletter. I hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgiving with your families.

Andrew will be our “student of the week” for the week of November 28th.

Jr. Achievement
Our class finished Jr. Achievement this week. This program lasted for 5 weeks and covered the following topics: families, needs & wants, jobs, and paying for needs & wants. Our presenter was Mrs. Rourke from the McDonald's Corporation. She came into our classroom once a week for 30 minutes to teach each lesson. These lessons coordinate with our social studies curriculum.

Due to Thanksgiving break, we will begin the reading lesson on Monday, November 28th.
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 working on plurals.

Spelling Words
red, win, drum, will, bell, doll, skull, said, here & windmill