Happy Thanksgiving!
We have had a wonderful time
learning about the First Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, and corn.. The kids did a
beautiful job with their Pilgrim dolls and I was so pleased to see and hear
about each of your families. We have such a rich culture in our classroom!
Thank you for sending in the bags
of popcorn for our corn feast. We enjoyed a variety of popcorn flavors and got
to see popcorn being made in a real popcorn machine! What a treat!
Finally I want to wish everyone a
safe and happy holiday. This is such a special time of year and I hope you get
to enjoy it and not be too overworked! I am thankful everyday that I ended up
at such an amazing school with such a wonderful group of students and parents.
I could not have asked for better. Thank you for your hard work and dedication
to this great school!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Mandy
Blog Update
December 2-6, 2013
Math: This week, we
will start learning about Money. We will
learn the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, and we will discuss the
characteristics that make each coin unique.
We will make a money book and compare and contrast the coins.
Reading Workshop: This week we
will begin our "giving" unit. For
the next two weeks we will focus on literature that shows the benefits of
having a giving heart. We will do different activities that
focus on giving to others and to nature. The comprehension strategy that we
will use this week is summarizing/retelling. As we
read, we should always stop to ask ourselves what we just read and retell what
is happening in the story. If we don't remember, we should go
back and reread. If we do remember, move on with our
reading until we get to the end and then retell/summarize again when we are
finished with the story.
Writing Workshop: We are learning all about writing a friendly letter
during Writer's Workshop this week. We will be putting our skills to practice
by writing a letter to another first grade class as we learn the five parts of
a friendly letter. We will learn about "Pen Pals", and encourage
writing letters to friends and relatives throughout this unit!
Social Studies: For the next several weeks we will be
learning about the many different winter celebrations around the world. This week, we will learn about celebrations
in the USA, Israel, England, and India.
Reminders:
*Please remember to send a healthy snack every day. Snack time is @ 9:30am.
*Make sure your child wears
tennis shoes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
*Library day is Thursday.
*Please remember to send back
your child’s orange folder and every day.
Dates to remember:
November 27-29: Thanksgiving Holidays
December 4: Early Release Day
December 5: Family Art Night
December 9-13: Book Fair
December 23: Winter Break Begins