We have a short week this week with school on Monday and Tuesday only.
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of you. I am blessed by your children everyday and I am so thankful that I get to spend the time I do with them. We learn and laugh together everyday and I am thankful to you for allowing me this time with your child. It is a privilege to help grow your child alongside of you! I hope that you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving with family and friends!
In class, we are working hard and the kids are impressing me everyday :)
In math we are working on solving addition and subtraction word problems with both a missing total and a missing partner. These story problems can be tricky, but the kids are really working hard at understanding them and knowing what strategies work best for them!
In reading we are working on understanding characters in our books and how knowing our characters help us to predict and comprehend. We find characters that we fall in love with. One of those characters is Mercy Watson. The kids are laughing and growing to learn this character alongside the other characters in the Mercy Watson series. She is a pretty funny pig who likes to cause trouble - although she doesn't know she is causing trouble ;)
In writing we are beginning to learn about writing letters as well as writing opinion/persuasive pieces of writing. We are doing this step by step and the kids are really enjoying thinking about reasons for the way they feel about something. They are also beginning to learn how to persuade others to their "side." So, I apologize in advance if this carries over to the house ;) I showed the kids a picture of an animal and they had to decide what the animal was (a duck or a rabbit) and give reasons why they thought this. I then asked if kids changed their mind about what the animal was. I then read the book Duck! Rabbit! We had a fun time with this lesson!
I wanted to let you know about a slight change in our Christmas party date. As a school, we have decided to have the Christmas parties on Thursday, December 21 instead of Friday the 22nd. Our party will be from 2:45 - 3:30. More info. will come out soon.
Also, we will have an early release day on Friday, December 1st.
Our school wide Christmas concert will be on Tuesday night, December 12. More information to come home soon.
Have a great week!