Week Twelve: October 30th-November 3rd

Happy November!  I cannot believe that October is already over!  We had so many fun events and activities in October but also have so many upcoming ones in November.  It will be a great month together!  Make sure all of the dates below are on your calendar. :)

November 7th Children's Theatre Field Trip: We will be seeing the play "Snowy Day."  We will plan to leave school at 8:30 AM so please make sure your child is at school on time. :) Send a snack and lunch like normal for your child.
November 10th: No school...Happy Veteran's Day!
November 15th Raptor Center Field Trip (all day): I will send out a Sign Up Genius for this field trip most likely next Monday or Tuesday.  We can have as many chaperones as we want so mark this on your calendar if you would like to come!  Chaperones and their child will meet us at the Raptor Center.  No siblings please.  Excited to have you! 
November 21st Thanksgiving Feast: We will have our own Thanksgiving Feast in our classroom to celebrate all that we are thankful for!  This is for students only...sorry parents. :) But we will need your help with sending in dishes for the students to eat at lunch.  I will send out a Sign Up Genius that you can sign up on for things such as macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, rolls, etc.  You can think of things that your child and other children might like to eat! 

Math

We learned a new game this week called "One More."  This is a great game for the students to play because it practices many different skills at the same time including counting on, addition, number recognition, and strategy to win.  Two students play together on a game board (each having their own section like a BINGO card).  One student rolls the die and whatever number it lands on, they add "one more" onto it.  They cover that number on their portion of the board.  The other student takes a turn and does the same exact thing. The first player to get 4 in a row wins the game.  This game will start circulating home beginning next week for you to play with your child! 

Literacy

In literacy this week we did many different activities and centers that helped students with their letters, sounds, sight words, and decoding ability.  We have a bunch of "box games" that students rotate through where they practice alphabet order, sound matching, and sorting pictures/words based off of their initial consonant.  We also practiced letter writing between literacy stations and Handwriting Without Tears.  All students have learned all of their "Frog Jump Capitals" and we are now moving onto "Corner Starting Capitals."  They are doing very well with their handwriting! 

Thematic

We continued learning about bats this week and finished our bat centers!  Students rotated through two centers including a bat book where students worked on the "-at" word family and a bat puzzle where students had to cut, put together, and glue the puzzle.  They also read all of the fun bat facts as a group!  Next week we will move onto snakes! 

Science

For Sci-Fri this week, students will make leaf rubbings!  Students will collect 3-4 leaves each and will take them inside to create leaf rubbings.  We will demonstrate how to do a leaf rubbing using crayons and how they can easily do this activity at home!  We have been talking about the many changes that come with fall and winter including the leaves.

Have a great weekend!
Love,
Mrs. James