WOW!!!  Thanksgiving already??? Where has the time gone???  Your sweet kiddos are doing great and working so hard!  Just a few reminders about this week then I’ll fill you in on what we are learning.  We will be having our Thanksgiving Reader’s Theater on Friday at 11:30.  Please come to our room and be amazed at how well your kids are reading and projecting their sweet little voices.  Remind them to practice every night so they know their parts and aren’t nervous.  The play will last about 20 minutes and you are welcome to take your kiddo with you afterwards.  If you can’t make it I will be posting a video on our blog for you to watch.

No school next week at all so that we can enjoy the holidays with family and friends.

We will have a spelling test tomorrow on the 5 words we have worked on. (what, all, but, were, when)

We are working on plural endings in phonics.  S and ES at the end meaning more than one and when to use s or es.  We use ES when the words end in s, z, ch, sh, x

Math we are working on “strong arm subtraction” and 3 digit addition.  3+4+7=14

Science/Social Studies:  We learned about U.S. symbols and now we are learning about Thanksgiving and the Mayflower.  The kids are doing a science experiment in Research the “Magic Dancing Corn”.  They are having to follow the directions themselves and be true Scientists!

Writing:  We are trying to finish up our class story on our Turkey named Rosie.  All of the students are at such different levels in writing so I focus on different things with each kiddo.  By now I hope that finger spaces and legible writing is taking place so that we can begin to really focus on the story elements.  My focus this week is finding those no-excuse words and circling them to make sure they are spelled correctly.