It's almost Thanksgiving!

 Santa's New Suit

Monday in folders you should have seen a "decorate a Santa paper".  We will be dong activities in class with this after Thanksgiving, including a story and a writing project.  I will be sending them home next week because I knew some of you would prefer to do them over break, and some of you will prefer to wait and not worry about school work over break.  Either way is totally fine with me!  Please have all decorated Santas back to school no later than Monday, November 30.  Be creative and have fun!

Friendly Reminder 

We have had an issue lately with students bringing in dead chromebooks.  Please help remind your child to charge their chromebook each night and return with it to school ready to go the next day!  This will make it much easier to use them during the day for our lessons.  Thanks for your help with this!

Writing

Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• editing, proofreading

• writing step by step directions

High Ability

Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• change charts

• symbols

• literature webs

• reading-- Charlotte's Web

Math

Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• equivalent names for numbers
• multiplication squares
• measuring with a ruler
• line plots

Wonders Reading

Here is what we are working on this week in reading:

• essential question--How can people help out their communities?
• genre--narrative nonfiction
• phonics--long a sound
• Grammar--action verbs
• vocabulary---synonyms
• writing--personal narrative
• writing--organization-sequence
• writing-draft focusing on events
• comprehension--ask and answer questions
• comprehension--author's purpose
• text features--photos and captions

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 11/25--e-learning (no school)
• 11/26-11/29--Thanksgiving Break--no school

Have a great week!