Sunday, November 15, 2020

Weekly Update 11/16-11/20

Hello to everyone!

Here are this week’s announcements:

*Beginning this week, we will have early release every Monday.  School will dismiss at 2:10. We will have lunch at school, but no snack, so don’t worry about packing one on Mondays!

*Our O.W.L.s are working to earn a Pajama Day on Friday! Kids may wear their pajamas this Friday. Please make sure they wear regular shoes, not slippers!

* Scholastic orders will be sent home by Thursday!

*Just a reminderschool lunch is FREE until December!

What are we doing this week??? See below!

Literacy

*Good readers can identify non-fiction text features authors include in their books.

*Good readers can use non-fiction text features to help them identify the main idea of a text.

Mathematics

*fact fluency through sums of 10

*subtraction strategies

*balanced equations

*using subtraction to solve change unknown/missing addend problems  (missing addend :  eg.  ____ +4 = 7)

Word Study/Grammar

*spelling/sight word program begins this week

*beginning blends spelling list

*introduction to synonyms

*/ch/  /qu/ digraphs

Unit (Social Studies and/or Science)

*study of Thanksgiving holiday

 

*compare/contrast life in the past to life today

Writer’s Workshop

*final assessment for this unit of writing