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Week of Nov.2-6, 2015

Important Dates:

Kinder Thanksgiving Program and Feast is November 20^th at 10:00 a.m. in the cafeteria. We hope you can join us!

Early Release Dates:  December 3^rd at 1:30.

There will be more early dismissal dates the week before Winter Break.  December 16, 17, and 18^th will also be early dismissal days.  Those days we will release at 12:15. 

Theme: Fall and Thanksgiving!

Reading:  This week we will enjoy fall and Thanksgiving stories!  We will identify characters, setting, and problem.  We will retell using picture cards.  We will continue to utilize the cognitive skill of mental imaging while listening to stories.  This skill will help us add details to our writing!

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to Thanksgiving stories while using these stories as a basis for our own individual book making/writing! We will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate spacing as we write.  We will continue to add details to make our writing more interesting.  This week we will write about fall, apples, Thanksgiving traditions, and other stories from our lives.

Word Wall Words: 

REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, I, the, can, and, in, see, like, is, my, and, can, it, go, to, if

NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK:  was, on

Word Study: We will focus on the sounds of Y and Z.

Math: During math workshop, we will continue to explore ordinal numbers, create sets to 20, count aloud forwards and backwards to 20, identify numbers to 20, and problem solve. We will work with number wallets to build number sense. We will continue to explore data collection, specifically tally marks.

Social Studies:  Thanksgiving traditions

Science:  Magnets

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Make a list of Y and Z words. 
• Tuesday: Put your favorite toys in a line. Now, describe what is 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, etc. 
• Wednesday: visit www.raz-kids.com
• Thursday:  Teach your mom or dad how to make tally marks!
• Friday:  Return your library books and practice your home reader!