Loved seeing all the kiddos dressed up in their costumes!
All About Me
It was Jessica's week to bring in her "Me Box." We had a great time learning about her favorite things. As you can see from her photo, she loves princesses, coloring, singing, and decorating cakes. I had to ask her if she takes orders. Her cakes are absolutely beautiful!!!
Math
This week we continued to practice counting and writing our numbers. We also completed a whole class activity where we created a number board that showed the numbers 1-10 represented by dots. Looking at numbers in this visual way helped students see that each number is "one more" than the previous number. Thank you to Owen, one of our Hello Helpers this week, for adding our last dot to make 10!
Jolly Phonics
We took a big leap with our Jolly Phonics sounds this week--we introduced our first long vowel sounds. The pictures in the students' notebooks this week were FANTASTIC! Keep up the great work K-2! We will continue to add new sounds next week. Please continue to review all the sounds at home that we have learned. This will help your child with both reading and writing! The following sounds were introduced this week:
ai as in "wait"
Jj as in "jiggly jello"
oa as in "goat"
Assessment
You may have noticed that your child may not have come home with a new guided reading book this week. I have been using our guided reading time to assess students one-on-one for progress reports. I have a few more quick assessments to give next week, but I'm hoping to resume guided reading groups by the end of next week! Report cards will be sent home Friday, November 16, and conferences are scheduled for Monday, November 19 and Tuesday, November 20. Thank you so much for your input and patience with scheduling conference times. I think my schedule is just about ironed out! I look forward to meeting with all of you!!
Happy November and thanks for reading!
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