In phonics this week we are learning the sounds that sh, ch & th make. (These are called digraphs.)

Our spelling words this week are: after, with, they, going, this, thing, shop, ship, chat & chin.

We are reading non-fiction books this week. We will discuss features of non-fiction books.

During math, we will continue our place value study by talking about greater than & less than, determining what is 10 more or 10 less than any number, and practice ordering numbers to 100.

In writing workshop this week we will be writing letters to Santa. Our letters will be sent to the White Oak Independent newspaper to be printed. (Before being mailed to Santa, of course. 😉)

I am looking forward to another great week with your students!

We do not have spelling words this week.

We are reading aloud books about Thanksgiving and fall. We are also practicing our Turkey Trouble reader’s theater. We can’t wait to perform for our parents on Friday!

In writing time, we are writing a story to go along with the turkeys we decorated at home. Our writing piece will be convincing the reader that we are not a turkey.

We are reading and learning about the history of the balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. During math time we are planning and constructing our own Thanksgiving parade balloons. We can’t wait to show these to our parents on Friday also!

Parents who can attend our reader’s theater performance on Friday at 10:00 a.m. are welcome to take their student with them and start their Thanksgiving break. We will also video our performance for parents who cannot attend.

I am looking forward to another great week with your students!

In phonics this week we are working on l blends.

This week we are reading books about zoo animals in anticipation of our zoo field trip on Friday.

During math we are continuing our study of place value. We are working to understand place value to 100 and using base 10 blocks to model numbers. Here is an example of base 10 blocks:

In writing this week we are continuing writing narrative stories in books. We will share our disguised turkeys as students bring them to school. Next week we will write about our disguised turkeys.

We are all looking forward to our field trip to the zoo on Friday! We will load buses and leave the school about 8:15 a.m. We plan to be back at the school by 1:30 p.m. Parents attending the field trip with us are welcome to check their child out at the zoo.

I’m looking forward to another great week with your students!

This week in phonics we are working on r blends.

Our spelling words this week are: put, man, away, very, been, drop, tree, cry, brag & tray.

The books we are reading together this week are all by Mo Willems.

During math we teen numbers and understanding the place value in teen numbers. We are working to understand that the 1 in a teen number stands for a group of 10 and the 2nd digit in a teen number is what’s not in the group of 10.

In writing workshop we will be working on narrative stories and will begin making books as opposed to just writing in our journals.

I’m looking forward to another great week with your students!