Week of November 2-6, 2015

We are already approaching the end of the first marking period. The children have been working hard and learning so much. The Fall Festival was a great way to enjoy some fun time together.

This week’s Reading story is an informational text titled, “Animal Babies.” We will discuss the Main Idea in stories and learn what special animals live in grasslands. During our discussions, we will discover adjectives for colors and shapes. The Amazing Words presented in the story are: calf, cub, joey, grassland, pup, and foal.

New sight words to focus on include: we, my, and like.

Phonics will concentrate on the letter Pp. We will discriminate and words that have the /p/ sound at the beginning, as well as the end of the words. As always, we will blend letter sounds to read words.

Math: After assessing the ideas in Topic 1 (One to Five), we will begin learning about comparing and ordering numbers 0-5 in Topic 2. We will start by comparing groups to see if they have more, fewer, or the same amount of objects as other groups.

Science: Our week of pumpkin observations has come to an end. The children enjoyed the hands-on experience. This week we will continue to work with weather concepts. We will also extend the reading topic of animal babies.

Reminders:

~ Please continue to practice the letters of the alphabet and sight words daily.

~ Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for November 9^th.

~ “The Peanuts Movie” Field Trip will be on November 13^th.

Specials for the week:

Monday- Computers

Tuesday- Guidance

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- Gym

Friday- Music

Have a pleasant week!