Mrs. Buchanio's Classroom Blog: A Peek At Our Week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The week ahead is a short but busy one. Wishing all of my Room 115 families a very happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

Important Dates:

November 26th:

Early Release

November 27th & 28th:

No School

Thanksgiving Break

Announcements:

Gifts for Kids 🎁

Our class will once again be participating in the Gifts for Kids program this holiday season (this notice with details was sent home on Friday). If you would like to contribute a gift, please send me an email or quick note to let me know that your child has permission to pick a tag from the class poster. Thank you!

Thank you to Jake and Timmy from Mrs. Ivatts' 4th grade class for creating and delivering our Gifts for Kids poster!

Wish List

Our classroom is currently in need of:

Hand Sanitizer

Any contributions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance for your generosity!

Curriculum Update:

Into Reading

Last week we continued Module 3 in our Into Reading curriculum, and worked hard to answer the question: "What makes a community?". The books A Bucket of Blessings by Kabir Sehgal and Bo and Peter by Besty Franco helped us deepen our understanding of what a community is, and why communities are important. We also practiced how to retell a story, as well as identify the theme of a given text. In phonics, the students learned the letters g and h and practiced reading the sight word "said".

Math

Last week the class was introduced to the concept of subtraction! We learned that subtracting means to "take away" and we can write subtraction number sentences (or equations) with the - and = symbols.

Writer's Workshop

Our writing has grown leaps and bounds in the past few weeks and I couldn't be more impressed with the children's progress! We have been stretching out our words to write labels with even more sounds, and last week, used sight words to begin to write full sentences. It sure is an exciting time in Room 115 for writing!

SEL

We were excited to welcome Ms. Lemmler into our classroom for her November SEL lesson! During her visit the students discussed what they are thankful for in preparation for the upcoming holiday.