Mark Your Calendar:

Thursday, November 12>  Picture Retakes Offered

Friday, November 13> Quick Check 

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform

 

 

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Native Americans and Pumpkins

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Adjectives as Color Words; Writing a Complete Sentence

Word Study:   short /e/  word families introduced; Review letter Cc /k/

Writing:  Proper Sentence Structure: focus

Sight Words:  if   get   had   did

Math Block: name a shape piece using 2 attributes (shape and color); identify a missing piece in a matrix and describe a the relative position of objects; copy and identify AB and ABB patterns; explore geoboards by making shapes, describe and compare the shapes;  place an object on a real graph

Science/Social Studies/Art: Native American Culture (historical references to Thanksgiving) :variety of activities throughout the week

Religion:  God’s House: The Church

Enrichment 

Students will create a painting similar to how Little Gopher painted in the story : The Indian Paint Brush

Mad Scientist: 

Foodie Fun Day: 

To Work On At Home:

writing their name

correct letter and number formation (top to bottom, left to right)

cutting with scissors

taking on and off their belt