This week the children will  be learning about the  sound of soft /g/ and soft /c/.  They will be reading different versions of the story "The Gingerbread Man".  They will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.  They will be retell and rewriting the sequence of stories that they read.  They will compare and contrast the different versions of the story.  In math the children will continue to work on learning math facts.  They will review tens and ones and work word problems with two digit numbers.
       The children will learn about different holidays that are celebrated at this time of year.
Thanks to all parents for coming to our Pow-Wow or sending treats.  The children had a great time.
                                                                         
                                                      

This week the children will learn about the long /i/ silent e.  They will read stories with words with the long/i/ silent sound.  In reading they will continue to work on sight words, decoding skills, comprehension, and reading for fluency.  In language they will be introduced to the present tense of verbs.  The children will continue to learn about the first Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, and Indians.  They will learn poems and songs, do special crafts, compare and contrast the first Thanksgiving and the Thanksgiving we celebrate today.
       On Friday the children will have a pow-wow in our classroom.  They will sing songs and poems that they have learned throughout the week.  They will taste some of the foods that the Pilgrims and Indians had on the first Thanksgiving.  It would be greatly appreciated,  if you would send something special for the children to taste that the Indians and Pilgrims ate on the first Thanksgiving.
       I am wishing all of you a safe and  Happy Thanksgiving.

This week the children will enjoy learning about the Pilgrims, Indians, and the First Thanksgiving.  They will be doing art projects, reading, and writing about Thanksgiving.  Your child will need to bring a paper towel roll, toilet paper rolls and a coffee can to use for their art projects.
       In reading the children will be introduced to the sound that long /a/ stands for and the silent e.
We will be reading several stories with this sound in it.
      In math the children will continue to work with learning their addition facts.  The children will begin taking addition speed drill.  The children will have 2 minutes to work 20 simple addition problems.  The children will begin learning more about place value.  They will continue to interpret data on a graph and addition word problems.

       The children had a good time on Friday enjoying their special treats.  I would like to  thank you  Nate's mother for being our class room mother and correlating our party.  

       This week the children will be reviewing previous taught sounds. They will continue to work on reading for fluency,  understanding and decoding words.  The children will learn about contraction in language.  I will be assessing the children on fluency, comprehension, and sight words.   

   In math they will continue to work with addition and subtraction.  They will work on adding numbers with 3 addends.  The children will continue to work with addition and subtraction word problems.