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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!