I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend and had a chance to get outside and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. Please remember that all family projects should be completed and sent in by tomorrow (November 16th). So far we have enjoyed hearing about some of the families in class and are looking forward to learning about more friends. This week we will continue learning about different families. Also, we invite you to come to our classroom on November 18th at 2:15. We are planning on presenting a Reader's Theater about the 1st Thanksgiving and sharing some fun math games with you. Don't forget to send in the form on the bottom of the "family project" to let us know how many family members will be attending. Thank you!
The week before last we had a blast celebrating our personal narrative writing! We turned our classroom into a writing museum and had a chance to visit various exhibits/authors to learn about their stories. The pictures below show the fun we had!
Last week we started our next writing unit on Informational texts. The students are learning to write "all about" books that teach the reader about a particular topic. In kindergarten, the students learned to write "how to" books and we are trying to move away from this type of writing and move on to telling ALL about a particular topic. To date the students are writing informational books about families, dogs, cats, baseball and football. I'm so excited to see all that my writers know a lot about!
In Reader's Workshop we have started our nonfiction unit. We have learned how to compare fiction and nonfiction books. We also started to investigate nonfiction text features and will continue this week also. We will look for features such as table of contents, glossary, index, maps, comparisons, close ups, diagrams, maps, etc. Most of the reading work we work on in class will remain here until we finish much of our initial learning. The students are working on completing a nonfiction workbook, which we will send home when it is finished. Below are some pictures of the students sorting fiction and nonfiction book titles using Scholastic flyers.
Our phonics instruction will focus on consonant digraphs. Throughout week ahead we will look at the sh, ch, th and wh digraph. We will continue this next week as well but will also introduce the ph sound.
I was AMAZED at how well the students did on their topic #3 test!!! They did such a FANTASTIC job! I hope you were as proud of them as I was. We started topic 4 (addition and subtraction facts to 12) last week and will continue this up to the Thanksgiving vacation. This unit will focus on adding doubles, near doubles (doubles +1, +2) and adding 0, 1 and 2 more. Here are some pictures of math games last week.
Eagle's book fair will take place this week. A flyer went home last week with supporting details. Our class will be able to take a sneak peek at the books on Tuesday morning. The students will create a "wish list" of books they may like to purchase. You may shop with your child after your visit on Wednesday or during any other of the times listed on the flyer. If you are unable to come to school during the set hours to purchase books, but would like to order some good books for your child, feel free to send money in an envelope and we will find time during lunch/recess to visit the sale. If you would like to set parameters as to which books you would like your child to buy, please note them on the envelope or a separate piece of paper. Thank you!
Also, I have only received notification from about 3 families about wanting to share "family traditions." If you have a tradition or something interesting/fun to share with us about your family, please let me know. I will be trying to come up with a schedule by the end of the week. Thank you and enjoy your week!
Fondly,
Kerry
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