The week of Nov. 13-16!

Wow!  We are almost half-way through 2nd quarter!  Progress reports will come home on Friday!  Please look for what your child needs to review at home or if they are right on track!  Skills will be highlighted if they aren't mastered yet.

Picture retakes are on Wednesday this week!  If you bought the first picture, but do not like it, return it on Wednesday and get retakes.  Or if your child was absent the first day, they can take it Wednesday.

We only have two days next week due to Thanksgiving Break Wed.-Fri.

Istation--I visited with the class today about making sure they weren't just getting on Istation to get their minutes.  They need to really focus and try their best and learn from their mistakes by listening to the program.  I have noticed on the reports that several are not doing very well.  If they are getting tired of it because they are stuck on a certain skill, try to sit with them and watch what they are missing.  They may need you to explain the concept to them.  We can't assume they understand all of it even if the program tells them the correct answer.  
Also, please make sure your child is logging out when they are done.  For some reason, the program doesn't like it when they don't log out and leave it idling.


Reading this week!
Our informative, nonfiction book, we are reading this week is "What do Animals Need?".  We will be looking for important details and matching labels to pictures.  We will compare/contrast last week's story, "What do Plants Need?" and this story.  

We have also been looking for the naming part and telling part of sentences.  It helps us to notice if we have a complete sentence when we write them.   

Sight words:  he, love  ( We are half way through the 2nd quarter list at school.)  Please review the sight words 5-10 min. a night until they know them.

Letter of the week:  Pp

Social Studies!
Today we learned about totem poles being made by Native Americans to tell stories.  We watched one being carved in a video today.

We will be reading books about the Thanksgiving story, how people dressed, lived, and what they ate many years ago.

Math!
Our Topic 14 is on flat, 2D shapes.  The class is looking around our room for shapes and making pictures out of a shape each day.  We are also learning how to describe each shape which is a goal to be able to do in Kindergarten.  For instance; the description of a rectangle is: it has 2 long sides, 2 short sides, and 4 corners.  A square has 4 equal sides and 4 corners.  A circle is round with no sides or corners.  A triangle has 3 sides and 3 corners.  A hexagon has 5 sides and 5 corners.  Lastly, an oval is round, long, and no sides or corners.  Please work on the descriptions at home, as your child will have to say them at school to pass that skill.

Coming up!

Nov. 15           Picture Retakes

Nov. 22-26      Thanksgiving Break!!
Dec. 8              Job Day!  (Information coming soon!)
Dec. 18            Winter parties
Dec. 19             1/2 day for all
Dec. 20-Jan. 3  Christmas Vacation!!