In Our Class This Week...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break. Thank you to all those families that donated to our feast and donated their time to help out!

Be sure to check out our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite.

Don't forget to use SMARTYPANTS at home. This new, fun reading program can be accessed at home. All students reviewed their log in information last month. If you have any question, let me know.

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW DISMISSAL PROCEDURE STARTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH. 

**Register on the PikMyKid app to notify daily whether you will be walking up (pick up student in front of the grassy area outside the fellowship hall) or using the pick up car line (students will be on the kindergarten playground and when your car enters the perimeter I will be notified and your child will be sent to the carline).  

December Family Project going home Dec 1st.

12/4-12/7 Parent Teacher Conferences

12/6: Hour of Code
Students are encouraged to bring in their technology this day with pre-loaded coding apps
Scratch
Tynker
Move The Turtle
Hopscotch
Daisy The Dinosaur
Cargo Bot

12/8: NO SCHOOL

12/11: T1 Report Cards go home

12/12: Fall picture make up day (uniform only)

12/13: Santa's Workshop
A 6th Grade Science Camp Fundraiser

12/20: Tk/K Winter Performance

8:10am in the MPR

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

Language Arts: Unit 2 Week 6

UNIT 2 Test FRIDAY
Match words with same beginning sounds
Choose letters that make certain sounds
Rhyming words-choose picture that match
Choose correct CVC word
Choose correct HFW (sight word)
Comprehension

Theme: Gingerbread Man
Story of the week: "Gingerbread Man, Loose in School"
Poem of the week: "My Gingerbread Man"
Letter(s) of the week: Ii
Songs of the week for the letter Ii:

ABC mouse-Ii song
Have Fun Teaching-Ii song
StoryBots-Letter Ii song
Home activities: Look for the letter(s) Ii (in all types of fonts)
Say words that begin with Ii
Draw pictures that begin with Ii
Sound out/blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
bit, dip, pig, sit, wig, fig, hit

Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
Song we review in class: Parts of a Story song
This week's focus: Realism vs Fantasy

High Frequency Words (HFW: Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by "seeing" them)
This week's words: he, for

Math: Unit 4 Ordinal Numbers (4.8-Review)

TEST: Wednesday
Students will be able to count to 10 in order
forwards and backwards

Science: Mixtures and Solutions

Students will be able to describe mixtures and solutions

Social Studies: Winter Holidays
Students will be able to state facts about Winter Holidays

Writing: The Handwriting House

Writing test: FRIDAY
Spell CVC words for pictures given

Review writing house and lines
Practice writing missing sounds
Examples:
Ca_ (t), do_(g), pumpkin_ (n)
Practice pages to use at home

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Be sure to check grades online. Parents were given access to teacher grade books. I try to update my grade book every weekend.

Thank you,

Mrs. Juarez