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.