A Peek At Our Week!

  I hope you enjoyed the beautiful fall weekend! Please see below for announcements, pictures, and updates from Room 115. 🍁🍂

Important Dates:

November 7th:

Boyden Fun Run 

9:00-9:30am

Parents are invited to watch! 🧡💙

November 10th:

Picture Retake Day

November 11th:

No School

Veteran's Day

November 12th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7pm)

November 14th:

Early Release

Parent/Teacher Conferences (12:45-2:45pm)

November 18th:

Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7 pm)

November 26th:

Early Release

November 27th &28th:

No School

Thanksgiving Break

Announcements:

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be taking place this month on the evenings of November 12th and 18th, and the afternoon of November 14th. The link to sign up was provided in Mr. Dearborn's Smore last week. CLICK HERE to find an appointment time that works for you! I look forward to our meeting!

*Please note that the conference scheduler closes tonight, Sunday, November 2nd!

Pumpkin Fun!

Friday was a spectacular time for science and math as we participated in some pumpkin fun! We began our exploration by learning about the parts of a pumpkin and the pumpkin life cycle. All of this learning culminated in an exciting activity that involved opening and exploring a real pumpkin!

Seed counting was another exciting (and gooey!) part of our pumpkin exploration. We were shocked to learn that our pumpkin had 392 seeds! That's A LOT of seeds!

We also enjoyed reading the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano. This was the perfect book to enjoy as we finished module 2 in our literacy curriculum which focused on the theme that our differences are what make us unique and special! 

Curriculum Update:

Into Reading

Last week we completed Module 2 in our Into Reading program as we read the books Tiny Rabbits Big Wish and My Friends as we continued to answer the question: What makes each of us special? We also continued to review synonyms and antonyms, and identified the problem and solution in the stories we read. In phonics, we learned about the sound and formation of the letters p and c, and practiced reading the sight/heart words was and you.

Math

In math last week we completed module/unit 2 by exploring numbers that make 10! To practice this skill, we learned to play a new game called Beat you to 10 which the children enjoyed playing with a partner.

Writing

In writing we learned all about labeling! A label is a word that tells what something is, and can help readers to better understand our work. Last week the students practiced labeling objects in our classroom, school, and even ME! At this point in the school year most of our labels consist of the beginning sounds we hear in words. Students who are ready are encouraged to stretch out the words they are writing and include as many sounds as they can! 

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📖🚌