An Author Celebration!

Meet Room 5's Authors and Illustrators:

 Room 5 should be very proud of their hard work! Each student has completed their own personal narrative about our Halloween celebrations. To celebrate, students got a chance to read their story aloud with the microphone and sit in the "comfy" author's chair!! We had a great audience eager to hear their classmate's writing and share their illustrations. 
Check out some of our photos below:

We can't wait to share our books with you at conferences!

Fundations:

Our two new letters this week were: 

 

e-Ed- /e/        and        r- rat- /r/

We have learned 11 consonants and all 5 vowels! 

All 16 letters and sounds have helped us in our reading and writing. 

*Next week will be review and no extra practice pages! *

Math:

-We wrapped up Topic 4 this week. It has been focused on comparing amounts of objects. As well as looking at 1 and 2 more and 1 and 2 fewer. 

-When we come back from Thanksgiving we will look at numbers 11-20. 

-Keep practicing numbers 1-10. We will continue to reinforce the formation of these letters. 
-Next week we will work in small groups to do some fun turkey math activities! 

Art Projects:

Tie-dye Turkeys!

 

Pinch Pots! 

Reminder...

Next week is a "short" week.  Monday and Tuesday will follow a regular schedule. Wednesday is an early release day, which means students will be dismissed 

between 11:35 and 11:45. 

*If you have any changes to Wednesday's dismissal plan, please let me know asap!*

November 25th:Early Release

 Early Release Day: Thanksgiving

Dear Families,

Wednesday, November 25th will be an early release day. Dismissal for all students grades K-5 will begin approximately at 11:35am.

If your child is taking the bus home:

There will be no bus A, B, or C this day. Kindergarten children will go home on the same bus number as they take to school in the morning. Please write the morning bus number below. If you are not sure of your child’s morning bus number, please contact the main office.

If your child is being picked-up:

Parents picking their children up will drive their car around the building and wait in the parent pick up line. Teachers are present to supervise and facilitate this process. Please do not meet or pick up your child in the main lobby on this day.

If your child is going to the After School Program or YMCA at Francis Wyman:

He/she will be riding bus 16 to Francis Wyman along with other K-5 students attending after school or YMCA.

To ensure this day runs smoothly please let me know by Friday, November 20th.

Thank You!

"Souper" Week!

Room 5 was "Souper" Busy This Week!

Our Theme this week was inspired by the Folktale Stone Soup

We read 3 different versions of Stone Soup:

 

After reading we compared and contrasted all of the stories. 

We even used the folktale as inspiration for a new class book! Be sure to be on the look out for another Room 5 masterpiece! 


We cut out some ingredients from food flyers we thought would make a good Stone Soups.

Morning Meeting: Shoe Greeting! 

During our morning meeting we greet one another to start our day off on the right foot! This week was especially the case when using the shoe greeting to say good morning to one another. Students take off one of their shoes and place it in the middle of the rug. One at a time students take turns selecting a shoe, finding its owner and saying good morning to that person.  The kids loved this greeting! 

Fundations:

 

s-snake /s/      and        d-dog /d/

*Practice pages will be sent home Monday but we will skip Thanksgiving week. *

Art Projects:

We painted Sunsets after reading Legend of the Indian Paintbrush

   

We Made Scarecrows, Crows, and Corn:

  

Other Information:

-Conferences are being finalized and a schedule will be sent out soon for your convenience. If you have not passed in your sign up sheets, please do so ASAP.

-Wednesday, November 25 is a half day of school. Early Dismissal forms will go home Monday to confirm your child's dismissal plan. 

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