Welcome Back!

I hope your Thanksgiving break was enjoyable and relaxing!

Reminders:

PTO Book Fair is this week! The fair will be open during Parent Lunch on Wednesday, that evening at the PTO meeting, and during Movie Night on Friday.

Parent Lunch is Wednesday at 12:20.
PTO meeting Wednesday night at 7:00.
Movie Night is Friday at 6:30.

This Week:

We will be creating a Holiday Book Craft to hang on our tree at the Town Hall Festival of Trees. We will also be taking a walk down to see them next week.

Math: We will be wrapping up topic 4 on Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12 and completing a benchmark test for topics 1-4 this week.

Reading: Students continue to work in small groups reading books on their level. Students that work with me continue working on reading fluency and reading with expression. We have been talking a lot about listening while others are reading so that we can better understand our reading.

Writing: Our new author of the month is Jan Brett and we will be doing a lot of writing projects that relate to her stories. Our writing will focus on expressing what we read.

Spelling: We will be practicing our spelling words in a variety of ways this week.

Social Studies: We have completed our learning on Pilgrims and will be using this time to work on our decorations for the tree.

Thanksgiving Week

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is such a short week of school! I hope that you all have a very enjoyable Thanksgiving and if you have to travel, you get there safe!

Week of November 16-20

Reminders:

We only have school on Monday and Tuesday of next week!
Report cards went home on Friday.

This Week:

Math: We are continuing to work on Topic 4: Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12. We are looking to complete this topic before Thanksgiving Break.

Reading: Students continue to work in small groups on what they need. Ask your student about the book they are reading.

Writing: We are working on a persuasive writing assignment about Thanksgiving. Be on the look out for the completed project next week!

Spelling: Please be sure to continue practicing both the spelling words and the sight words at home! Our test will be this Friday.

Social Studies: We are learning all about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags. Be on the look out for a book we are writing about what we have learned!

Week of November 9-13

Reminders:

We have no school Wednesday, November 11, 2015 to observe Veterans Day.
Conferences are this week! Email me if you forgot your time or need to reschedule.

This Week:

Math: We continue to work on Topic 4: Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12.

Reading: Students are working in small groups focusing on their reading needs. Groups that work in my room will begin working on independent reading centers that focus on connecting reading with writing.

Spelling: Students have new spelling words this week! We are focusing on ten words again this week. We will practice them during the two weeks at school, but students should still be practicing them at home.

Social Studies: This week we are taking a break from learning about the Pilgrims to discuss the importance of Veterans Day.

Having fun on the monkey bars during morning recess!

Last Friday we took a hike up the trail by school. It was such a beautiful day!

Week of November 2nd-6th

I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Halloween! Here are a few photos from our festivities on Friday. A HUGE thank you to the parents that helped put on costumes and donated their time in the morning! We couldn't have done it without you!

Separating the seeds from the "gunk" inside our pumpkins!  

We loved getting our hands messy with pumpkin insides! Thanks to Ms. Connor's dad for picking all these pumpkins for us!

 I think Chucky is telling us about how gross the pumpkin feels on our hands here!

Check out all of our costumes! Don't we look great?

Group photo! I spy a snake and a soccer player, what else do you see?

Mrs. Stoneking wanted to get a whole school picture after our parade around town. 

*Photo Credit to Mrs. O'Reilly (THANK YOU!!)

Reminders:

Conferences start next week! If you cannot remember what time you signed up for, or have to change it, please send me an email (sconnor@kearsarge.org) to reschedule.

Pats Peak WYSA program sign-ups went home last week, be sure to sign-up before the deadline!

This Week:

Math: We are beginning Topic 4 on Addition and Subtraction Facts to 12. We are once again splitting up into four groups to work on what we need. 

Reading: Students have started new books in their reading groups. My group is working on reading with expression and non-fiction books. We also are working on parts of a sentence and creating "silly sentences".

Writing: We have been working on writing paragraphs about things we love. This week we will finish our paragraphs and begin publishing them to an app on the iPads. 

Spelling: We have been practicing our spelling words here at school, but please remember to study at home too! Our spelling test will be this Friday.

Read Aloud: November brings us a new Author of the Month! We will be reading books by Laura Numeroff. 

Social Studies: We will be starting a unit on Pilgrims and Thanksgiving this week. We have completed our school community unit, ask us some questions about members of our school community!