Mrs. Shorter's Showcase
OUR WEEK IN REVIEW/A GLANCE INTO NEXT WEEK
November 9-13, 2015 Our Week in Review
This week we completed our study of American symbols and Veteran's Day. We concluded our learning by making cards for Veterans related to our classmates. We began learning about the first Thanksgiving with a million dollar word-history. Ask your child to tell you about the Wamponoag Indians. See of he/she can tell you which ocean these Indians live near. We are pondering the idea of how people long ago kept their bodies healthy and strong. Ask your child to tell you about life in a Wamponoag Indian village.
Important Dates and Reminders/Homework
Nov. 25-27-Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec. 2-Seussical the Musical field trip
Homework
Review all letters and sounds introduced
Make words with _ig, _it, _am, _at, _an, _op, _og (Listen for these chunks in words)
Review number recognition 1-20
Count to 100
Practice listening for and saying all sounds in words (ex. Shoe=sh-oo; Cat=c-a-t)
Review all sight words introduced
Read from reading folder, poetry folder, and Ziploc bag of books
List books on November reading log
Homework will be clipped inside your child's agenda.
Our Week in Pictures
Pizza Party
We won the box top collection prize for the fall collection! The pizza party was just soooo delicious!!!!!
Pizza Party
Pizza Party
Teaching This Week...
Language Arts/Writing:
Standards #s: RLK 1-10; RIK 1-10; RFK 1a-d, RFK 2a-d1, 3a-d; WK 2-3, 7-8; SLK 1a-b, 2-6; LK 1a-f, 2a-d, 4a, 5a-d, 6
Phonics:
Letters/sounds Jj, Ff, Xx)
Word building (chunking short "o" and "u")
Sight Words (not, for)
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing all sounds in words
Hearing rhyming words
Concepts of Print:
Punctuation marks (. , ? !)
Writing:
Publishing "true" stories
Adding details to the story
Math:
Standards #s: KCC 1,3, 4a-c, 5-7; KOA3; KMD2-3; KG 1-4
Counting and Cardinality:
One less
Geometry:
Shapes (flat and solid)
Characteristics of Shapes
Theme:
The first Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving today
HIghlights
A Thanksgiving Feast
We will have our very own Thanksgiving feast next Thursday. The children are encouraged to choose to dress as a Pilgrim or an Indian. Pilgrims should wear black and white; whereas Indians should dress in brown. We need your help in providing supplies for this special event. Please look for an email from our room mom and sign up to help out. Thank you in advance for your support of our learning!
Harvest Day
Next Friday is harvest day. We will be harvesting the lettuce and kale from the garden at 1:30 Friday afternoon. You are invited to come help us gather a bountiful harvest just in time for Thanksgiving salads!
Email: angela.shorter@trussvillecityschools.com
Location: 7500 Gadsden Hwy, Trussville, AL, United States
Phone: 228-3251