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It's hard to believe that it's already November! This year is flying by! We have enjoyed learning new words through weekly vocabulary lessons. The students can't pass by a door being held open by a wedge without telling me, "I see a wedge!" The students are still getting used to the routines of the day and are learning how to be part of a classroom community. This is a slow precess. Working together, following school and classroom rules, and learning how to get along with so many others in our world are our primary goals. Our school also will be focusing on a Word of the Month which targets a certain positive behavior. This month's word is COOPERATION. Talk with your children when they come home and ask how Demonstrated cooperative behavior. Did they show cooperation by listening to the teacher? Did they work cooperatively in a group during center time or while working on a group project?
During the month of November we will focus on nature-based concepts such as the changing season of fall and the life cycle of a pumpkin. Working in groups at center-based activities such as poetry, word work, listening center, journal writing, partner reading, learning games, and handwriting will continue to be an area of development. In Readers Workshop students are learning concepts of print such as reading from left to right and pointing to words as they read. They are learning the sounds letters make and how to look at the first few letters in a word and saying the sounds while looking at the picture on the page to help them be a word-solver. It is absolutely essential that students read with or to someone at home. There is so much research that proves that children who are read to have richer vocabulary and better comprehension skills. Please try to read with your child for 15 minutes every night. Building a bedtime routine where you and your child read together before they go to sleep can be a very rewarding time for both you and your child. In math we will focus on counting, writing and comparing numbers to 10. The focus of Writers Workshop will be to add details to drawing and use knowledge of letter/sound relationships to write labels on their pictures.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS...
Important Dates:
Walk to Middleboro Public Library: Tuesday, November 5th. We will be leaving the school around 10:00 to give us time to walk to see Ms. Amanda at the library. We will be back in time for lunch. Anyone who would like to walk with us, and is CORI approved, is welcome to join us!
Early Release Day: Friday, November 8th, will be an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 12:45.
No School: There will be no school on Monday, November 11th in honor of Veterans Day. There also will be no school from Wednesday, November 27th to Sunday, November 30th so that everyone can celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.
Parent/Teacher Conferences: Conferences will take place on the following days:
Wednesday, November 13th from 4:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 14th from 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Specialist Schedule: Yet to be determined.
Mondays: Art
Tuesdays: Computer
Wednesdays: Music
Thursdays: Library
Friday: Physical Education (also known as "gym") All students must wear sneakers on Physical Education days.
Supplies Needed: THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THE SUPPLIES YOU DONATED TO THE CLASSROOM! WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY!
