Math: This week we will be continuing our unit
on Addition Strategies that focus on Computational Fluency (quick math fact
recall). We will discuss strategies that count on
2 and count on 0. These skills help children build their
computational knowledge as they learn thinking strategies. Children will relate their knowledge of solving math facts
when they are problem solving now and later in life.
Reading
Workshop: This week, we will continue
our research on Thanksgiving. We are
learning to read Expository Texts for the purpose of finding the answer to a
question. We are also learning to take
notes.
Writing
Workshop: Our research
of the first Thanksgiving is well under way. We have already read several books
about the first Pilgrims to settle in the United States of America, the Native
American Indians, the Mayflower, and the first feast with the two different
cultures together to celebrate a new beginning and a bountiful harvest. We have
been learning so much about the history of our country and are excited to
continue researching and writing. We will even be sighting our works and making
a glossary in our research writings this week!
Science: This week in science we will put our
knowledge and understanding of energy and force and understand how energy,
force and movement are related. Energy
causes force and force causes movement. We will explore how objects change
location when they move such as moving closer to, nearer to, and farther
from. We will also demonstrate and record ways that objects
can move such as in a straight line, zig zag, up and down, back and forth,
round and round, and fast and slow.
Habit #5:
Seek first to understand, then to be understood. I listen to others without
interrupting. I try to see things from
their viewpoint. I am confident in
voicing my own ideas.
Reminders:
*Please
remember to send a healthy snack every day. Snack time is @ 9:30am.
*Make sure
your child wears tennis shoes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
*Library day
is Tuesday.
*Please
remember to send back your child’s orange folder and homework bag every day.
Dates to
remember:
November
13: Family Skate Night
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
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