November
8
– No School
11 – No School – Veteran's Day
15 – Movie Night
20 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
26 – Report Cards
27,
28, & 29 – No School –
Thanksgiving Break
Math
In math, we have been working on subtraction
strategies such as counting up, using ten frames to subtract, and using fact
families to figure out answers.
Our
student of the week for the
week of November 12-15 will be Tyler. 
Exploration
Station
We
will be starting a new unit in science dealing with weather. Our first topic that will be covered is hurricanes
& tornadoes. We will be reading
books and then comparing & contrasting the 2 types of weather using a Venn
diagram. We will also be playing on a
website which allows the children to change the size & strength of a
tornado and see what happens.
Comprehension Strategies
We will be working on the comprehension
strategies of sequencing/retelling and referring to the story to support their
thinking,
Phonics Skills
We will be working on words that end in
–ss and –zz. We will also work on clusters
with “l” (block, plan, etc.), blending short “o” words, clusters with “r”
(train, crow, etc.) and contractions.
Grammar Lesson
We will be working on pronouns (he, she,
it, you, we, I, and they).
Spelling
Words
ox, run,
from, buzz, cross, less, miss, there, they, crossroad
Fire Safety
Last week, a firefighter/paramedic, came
to our school and talked about fire safety.
We learned about choosing a special meeting place in case of a fire, how
to “stop, drop, and roll,” and that we should never go back inside to get
something we forgot. He also showed us
the special gear that firemen wear and we talked about how it sounds when
firemen speak with their oxygen tanks on.
Have a Happy Veteran’s Day!
