November books

Over the past few days, students have been working on a book called "No, No, November." They created each page and have been practicing reading it. The mini books came home in backpacks today!

The book: The Ox-Cart Man

As part of our social studies lesson, we read the book Ox-Cart Man. The story follows a colonial family for one full year. It highlights how they needed to make and sell things to survive. After finishing the story, we made a list comparing "long ago" and "today." The students generated examples of what people had a long time ago compared to what we have now.

Filling in the missing numbers

In math today, we introduced the 100-grid. We talked about identifying patterns within the chart. We looked at patterns within the row as well as the columns. Then the students worked on writing in the missing numbers on their own charts.

Sentence Writing Practice

"I eat turkey. I eat sparkling cider. I eat cranberries."

We practiced writing sentences again today. We began our lesson on carpet. The children came up with a list of food that they like to eat on Thanksgiving Day. We sounded out our words together and matched pictures on the ActivBoard. Then the children went to their seat to write sentences. They worked really hard! Most children put spaces between their words and added punctuation!

Recess!

Just a Reminder:

 Students will still be going out for recess 

in the snow. 

Please dress your child for the weather 

(Snow pants, waterproof gloves, 

hats, boots, etc.) 

We will only stay indoors in the snowy season only if the wind chill is below 20.

Working with Letters

We have now introduced all 26 lowercase letters! The students were very excited today to finally uncover all the letters on the board. We practiced our new letters: q and z. Then we worked together to put the whole alphabet in order. During work stations, some of the groups were working with beginning sound activities. One activity was sorting pictures based on their beginning vowel sound. Another group used a spinner to select a q, x, z, or y. Then they had to color in a picture with that beginning sound.

Learning all about Thanksgiving

We have been learning all about Thanksgiving during our Social Studies time. We began working on our own Thanksgiving books. Yesterday, we filled in the page about the pilgrims. Today, we are writing about the Mayflower. We have read the books: The Very First Thanksgiving Day and The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving. We filled in a flip chart on the ActivBoard today. Children told me what they were thankful for, and they voted for their favorite food to eat on Thanksgiving Day!