Gingerbread Men

This week we will be reading lots of  versions of the Gingerbread Man.  We will be talking about story sequence, beginning, middle and end, and comparing/contrasting stories.  Today we read the Gingerbread Boy and worked on sequencing the story.  We also got to eat a gingerbread cookie and graphed which part we ate first.

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Week of November 21-Dec 2, 2016

Thanks for coming to the Thanksgiving program!  We are especially thankful for those who helped with costumes and provided cookies.

Tuesday, November 22 – Turkey Trot at specials time.  Come to the covered hardtop at 12:25 and trot around the track with your child.  Parents, grandparents, and friends are welcome!  Keep your fingers crossed for sunny weather—the event will be canceled if it is a rainy day.

November 23-25 – School Holidays  Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Now that cooler weather has finally arrived, please help us by writing your child’s name in their jackets, sweaters and hoodies.  Be sure to include a last initial or name…we have many duplicate first names. 

Theme: Fall, Thanksgiving, Gingerbread Man

Reading:  We’ll read a few more stories about Fall and Thanksgiving.  We’ll continue to retell and sequence events from the stories we read and include important details from beginning, middle, and end. 

Writing:  Independent book writing continues. The children will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate spacing as we write about Pilgrims, Native American, and traditions.  We will continue to add details to make our writing more interesting.  We will also use letter sound knowledge to make lists. 

Word Wall Words: 

REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, to, like, can, see, go, the, in, it, all, me, and, big, has, on, we, but, little, for

New words:  said he

Word Study: We will read and write words using the AN word family (pan, fan, man, can, etc}

Math: During math workshop, we will continue to explore numeracy to 20 while we count forwards/backwards, explore ten frames, dot cards, more/less, ordinal numbers, tally marks, and number writing.

Social Studies/Science:  We’ll tie up loose ends with maps and globes and matter concepts. 

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·      Monday:  Make a list of things you’re thankful for. 

·      Tuesday: Visit www.raz-kids.com 

Return your library books and practice your home reader! 

Have a nice week!

Thanksgiving Program

It was a big success!  They sang nice and loud and remembered their parts.  Yay!  

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Week of November 14 - 20

We are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, November 17th  for a Thanksgiving program.  Please come a little before 9:00 to sign in at the office.  Then come to the cafeteria for our program.  Afterwards, the kids will enjoy a cookie and recess on the playground.  You’re welcome to come back for lunch at 11:30 to enjoy the cafeteria’s Thanksgiving meal.

Theme: Fall and Thanksgiving

Reading:  This week we will continue to enjoy fall and Thanksgiving stories.  We will identify characters, setting, and problem.  We will retell using story arcs. We will continue to utilize the 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 and use these stories as a basis for our own individual book making/writing. The children will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate spacing as we write about Pilgrims, Native American, and traditions.  We will continue to add details to make our writing more interesting.  We will also use letter sound knowledge to make lists. 

Word Wall Words: 

REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, to, like, can, see, go, the, in, it, all, me, and, big, has, on, we, but, little, for

No new words this week!  Spend some time reviewing the words that are tricky for your child.

Word Study: We will read and write words using the AT word family (at, fat, cat, chat, attack, etc).

Math: During math workshop, we will continue to explore numeracy to 20 while we count forwards/backwards, explore ten frames, dot cards, more/less, ordinal numbers, tally marks, and number writing.

Social Studies:  Native Americans, Pilgrims, Family Traditions and finishing up maps

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·        Monday: Do an act of kindness for someone.  Be ready to share tomorrow! J 

·        Tuesday: Line up ten toys.  Tell your mom what is first, second, third, etc. 

·        Wednesday:  Visit www.raz-kids.com 

·        Thursday:  Write a list of what you want your family to make for Thanksgiving dinner or who is coming to your Thanksgiving dinner.

·        Friday:  Return your library books and practice your home reader! 

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Week of November 7-11, 2016

We are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, November 17^th, at 9:00 a.m.  for a Thanksgiving program.  Stop by the office for a visitor sticker, then come to the cafeteria for the show.  The cafeteria will be serving Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings for lunch this day.  Come and join us for lunch at 11:30.

November 8^th   Spirit Night At Chik-Fil-A   Head to the Dairy Ashford Chik-Fil-A for dinner on election night.  Turn in your receipt at the counter after you pay and a percentage of your bill will be returned to RCE. 

November 23rd – 25^th   Thanksgiving Holiday  No School

Theme: Fall and Thanksgiving

Reading:  This week we will continue to enjoy fall and Thanksgiving stories.  We will identify characters, setting, and problem.  We will retell using story arcs.  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:  Book making/writing continues.   The children will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate spacing as we write about all things fall and Thanksgiving.  We will continue to add details to make our writing more interesting.  We will also use letter sound knowledge to make lists.  For example, we will make a list of what we want to eat on Thanksgiving!

Word Wall Words: 

REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, and, big, to, like, has, on, can, see, we, but, go, the, in, it, all, me

NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK:  FOR, LITTLE

Word Study:  We will review all of the consonant sounds taught so far.  Also this week, we will explore s blends:  st, sp, and sl.  For example:  spider, stop, slide.

Math: During math workshop, we will continue to explore numeracy to 20 while we count forwards/backwards, explore ten frames, dot cards, more/less, ordinal numbers, tally marks, and number writing.

Social Studies:  We will talk about elections and voting, then continue our work with maps.

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday: Ask your family what their favorite Thanksgiving Food is- tally the results 
• Tuesday: Look at a map with your family.  Find the map key and the compass rose.   What are some symbols in the map key?

• Wednesday:  Visit www.raz-kids.com 
• Thursday:  Have your mom say a teen number! Can you write it down?  Remember numbers in the teens start with a 1.  Watch this video to practice counting up to 20.  Can you count backwards, too?
• Friday:  Return your library books and practice your home reader! 

Elections

Today we watched Duck for President and read Grace for President and discussed tomorrow being Election Day.  We practiced voting by getting a ballot and voting for our favorite animal.  Then we tallied the data and wrote about our results.

Maps

Thanks for sending in the maps.  We explored them yesterday and then discussed what we noticed.  We will be spending the next couple weeks on maps andlearning lots about them.