For the week of November 26th - 30th

Dear families,

This has been a wonderfully relaxing Thanksgiving break. And I must say that without a doubt, the weather was amazingly beautiful, enough so that we were even able to play a friendly game of football at the park! Several of you sent heartfelt wishes, and I would like to thank you for the love! There are only a few weeks until Winter Break. So now that we've had a few days to relax, it is time to get busy again... :)

Reading and Writing Workshop:

Our reading and writing will incorporate friendly letters. We will learn about the structure of a friendly letter such as the heading, the body (text), and the closing. We will read stories such as I Wanna Iguanna, Dear Mr. Blueberry, and letters to Mrs. La Rue and write our own friendly letters to family, friends or relatives. Our guided reading groups will continue.

Math:

This week in math we will be doing our unit on money.  Your child will be able to identify a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter by name and value.  Your child will also be able to describe relationships among coins, such as trading five pennies for one nickel.  We will be making coin books as we introduce each coin.  This is a fun unit, all kids like money!

Social Studies:

With our study of maps and globes continuing, we will be learning about cardinal directions and the compass rose, map keys and legends, human characteristics, and natural characteristics of maps. We will each be making part of the map of our school, and then putting the big map together. After that, we will each be making our own map in its entirety from start to finish. We will include a writing component with our maps that focus on relative location.

REMINDERS
Wednesday, November 28th: Field trip to Zach Scott Theater.
Family Spirit Night at Corner Street Bakery.
Picture Re-Takes: Nov. 29th.