November 25

Dear Families,
We wrote and drew something we are thankful for! (Cerenity) These are going home today as a cute keepsake! Hope you like them!
We practiced reading color words to help us color our turkey! (Gage)
We sorted pictures of people and food. (Lily)
We practiced counting makings seeds in pumpkins! (Makiah)

Have a great Thanksgiving with your family! I will see your child on Monday!

November 24

Dear Families,
We talked about Thanksgiving! (Joshua) We learned about the first Thanksgiving and why it is still celebrated.
We learned some facts about turkeys! 
We wrote a sentence about a turkey! (Min)
People eat turkeys on Thanksgiving! (Miguel)
We counted turkeys today. (Nicole) We also practiced one to one matching!

Class News:
In folders I am sending 2 things that need your attention. 
One is a letter about an online reading program that Jenks Public Schools has bought for all students. I have already set up our kids in so all you need to do is log on to the site www.raz-kids.com/login/kpandov and follow the directions outlined in the letter! This will be a fun way for your child to read their 20 minutes daily!
Also, I am sending our December family homework since we have a long break! Hope you have fun decorating your holiday snowflake!

November 21

Dear Families,
Today has been a busy day!
We concluded the week reading another version of the story the Little Red Hen. 
We sequenced 6 pictures in order the way the events happened in the story. 
We also used our character headbands we made this week to retell the story! Students pretended to be their character as I retold the story and they acted it out!
Students wrote a sentence telling what they would do if they were a farmer. They had some cute ideas. 
We talked about subtraction!
It was a good day!
Have a great weekend!

Reminders:
Thanksgiving Break---Nov. 26-Nov. 28!

November 20

Dear Families,
We practiced writing a complete sentence. (Xianna) Sentences start with a capital, have spaces between words, and ends with an ending mark.
We talked about subtracting in math again. (Nicole) It means we take away!
We went to centers. (Matt)
We read another story about the little red hen! (Jesus) We are working on retelling the story and compaaring how the stories are similar.

Reminders:
Tonight is our Literacy and Math night at 6! Hope to see you!
I sent out emails to everyone about progress reports. I appreciate all the extra practice at home!
Library day is tomorrow! A lot of the kids gave me their books today! If your child's book is at home please return tomorrow!

November 19

Dear Families,
We found words in our poems that started with the letters h,l, and k. (Rowan)
We had centers. (Miguel)
Today we learned about subtracting and taking away! (Alyssa)
We read two stories about the little red hen today!
In one story she made pizza and the other one she made bread! (Ja'Von)

Reminder: 
Tomorrow is our Math and Literacy night in our Building A Library at 6-7 pm! We hope to see you there!
Tomorrow progress reports will be emailed IF your child is not performing as expected at this time of year. Be on the lookout for an email about progress reports tomorrow!

November 18

Dear Families,
We wrote the letters k,h, and l in our books. (Joshua)
We finished our little red hen sentence today. (Cerenity) Everyday we are finishing a sentence about the little red hen!
We played the dice roll game that helps us add! (Chanakya)
We read another Little Red Hen story! (Khai) We talked about how this story was similar than the one we read yesterday!

Thursday is our Literacy and Math Night at 6:00-7:00 pm! We hope to see you there!

November 17

Dear Families,
We learned about the letters k,l, and h! (Min) That leaves only 6 letters that we still haven't covered!
We read the story the Little Red Hen. (Daniel) We will talk about this story all week and read a lot of versions of this story to compare! 
We learned a new math game to help us add! (Aairel) Check to see if your child is understanding adding using items around the house to add. Example: 1 plate plus 2 more plates; 3 leaves plus 6 more leaves; or 5 shoes plus 4 more shoes!

Reminder:
Please continue to read sight word flashcards at home daily and send them to school! A lot of our kids did not have them today.
We hope to see you at our Math/Literacy Night this Thursday 6-7pm!

November 14

Dear Families,
Happy Friday! Thank you all for food drive donations this week! We really appreciate your generosity!
We talked about the letters j and p and came up with a list of words that start with these letters!
We looked at pictures and wrote the letter that the pictures start with. This is called finding initial consonants. This was really difficult for some of our kids today. Please look over these sheets and work on this skill regularly. For example, when riding in a car, say a word of something you see and ask what does this word start with?
Today was a fun day ending our week learning about pumpkins. We used real pumpkins to weigh and compared them in different ways!
We also sequenced pictures of a pumpkin being carved into a jack-o-latern!
We went to library and got a new book!
Have a great weekend!

Reminder:
Don't forget next Thursday, Nov. 20th is our Math/Literacy Night! We hope you can make it! 

November 13

Dear Families,
Do : We got to have centers today! 
Makiah : Today we read a fiction book about a girl and her imaginary friend. 
Gage : Today we practiced writing a complete sentence!
Lily : Today in math we worked on adding. Adding means we have two groups that are not together, then we put them together and add them to get the sum. The sum is the answer we get when we ADD!
Ester : We put our pumpkins in order by their SIZE! From BIGGEST to SMALLEST!

Reminders:
Literacy Night is next Thursday the 20th at 6! Hope to see you there! We are still talking A LOT about following directions the first time. Please continue this conversation at home! Thanks so much!

November 12

Dear Families,
Today we found words that start with the letter J & P. (Lily)
We are wrote in our books in writing workshop today. (Chanakya) We are working on writing complete sentences. We start with a capital letter, put spaces between our words, and use ending marks at the end of our sentences.
Today we talked about the plus symbol. (Colton) It tells us to ADD! 
Today we made a pumpkin collage! (Lyla) They looked so good!

Reminders:
We are still collecting can/packaged goods for our food drive! Thanks for all the donations so far!
Math/Literacy Night on Nov. 20th! Hope to see you there!

November 11

Dear Families,
It's Veteran's Day! (Xianna) We learned about what soldiers do to help us stay safe in America!
We talked about the American Flag. (Gage) We found out what the stars and stripes mean on the American Flag. There are 50 stars for our 50 states. We also learned there were 13 colonies.
We wrote the letters P & J today! (Miguel)
We put pictures together to show how a pumpkin grows. (Chanakya)
Please make sure to read about our literacy night coming up next Thursday! We hope to see you there!

November 10

Dear Parents,
We had new centers today! (Daniel)
We are learning about pumpkins this week in class. (Colton)
Today we made a number line in Math. (Lyla) We found out we can count using a number line.
Our new letters for the week are P and J. (Makiah)

Please remember to wear your jacket to school tomorrow! 

November 7

Dear Families,
I just realized I did not send you an email reminder to read about our day yesterday! Please know that I pretty much always post about our day so please try to check our website DAILY regardless if you get an email from me reminding you to check or not!
Today we talked about our sense of taste and words we use to describe the way foods taste!
We played a new math game that mixed adding and subtracting! The kids are really having fun learning new games in math!
We went to library and got new books!
Today we practiced and discussed how important it is for us to be good listeners. Not only is it difficult for me to teach but it also makes it extremely difficult for others to learn when we are not listening. Thank you for talking about school expectations at home! I really appreciate the support!
Have a great weekend!

Reminder: Next week starts our food drive. Please send can and boxed foods! 

November 6

Dear Families,
This morning we went to reading centers. (Rowan)
We practiced writing a sentence! (Joshua)
We played math games today! (Aairel) The growing game helps us add and the disappearing game helps us subtract!
We talked about our sense of hearing. (Miguel) We reviewed how important listening is at school; lately we have had more problems in class due to not listening. I really appreciate conversations at home to help reinforce school expectations. Thanks so much! 
Have a great evening!

November 4

Dear Families,
It is almost Ms. Faith's birthday! (Xianna) If you would like to send something for her on Thursday please feel free! 
We practiced writing the letters e and r. (Alyssa)
We learned how to play the disappearing train game today! (Khai) It is a fun take away game!
We see with our eyes. (Jesus) We talked about our sense of sight!

I will have a substitute teacher tomorrow because I will not be at school. For this reason, I will not send out an email tomorrow! Please remind your child about school expectations so they will have a great day with our sub! Thanks so much!

November 3

Dear Families,
We had a good day! 
Since it was a busy day back I told the class that I would send an email out for us!
Today we learned about the letters e and r!
We talked about non-fiction books being accurate and true. 
In writing workshop, students worked on their non-fiction books and made sure their information was accurate!
We will talk about the five senses this week. Today we focused on our sense of touch! Students had fun feeling different objects I brought from home and describing how they felt!

In blue folders, I sent a sheet of paper with the title I am thankful for for homework. Students can draw a picture of something they are thankful for or glue a picture on it. I will hang these on a bulletin board in our room so we can see what our friends are thankful for!