November 30, 2015

Dear Families,
This morning we made snowman ornaments with Ms. Lisa! (Skyler)
This week we will continue asking questions as we read!
We learned about the letters v and w! (Megan)
We drew background picture details in our fall books in writing workshop. (Xavier)
In math we worked on solving number stories. (Jada)
We looked at our tradition posters from home! (Sylyss)
Please send your families tradition posters when they are finished!

Reminders:
Late start day on Thursday!
Library is tomorrow so please remember library books!

November 24, 2015

Dear Families,
We went to music! (Kenna)
We compared our lives today to the lives of the pilgrims! (Kap)
We had a fun feast! (Mia) Thank you so much for the yummy feast snacks!

We practiced hearing syllables using fall words! (Eric) 
We ended the day playing a dice game called Roll A Turkey!
We went to library!
I hope you have a great Thanksgiving! 

Reminders:

• Please read our December Newsletter by clicking on the tab above if you have not done so already! We are looking forward to seeing your Tradition posters!
• Please help your child find small white reading books if you see it at home! 
• Thank you for all the snacks sent in today! The kids were really excited!

November 23, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we talked about turkeys and Thanksgiving! (Cash)
 We talked about what we are thankful for this season!
We made pilgrim and Native American "hats"! We will wear these tomorrow at our feast! (Beckett)
We wrote a sentence about the pilgrims!
We practice sorting words in different word families! We noticed that they rhymed! (Anthony)
We practiced writing numbers on our November calendars. (Alicia)
It was a good day!

Reminders:

• Please read our December Newsletter by clicking on the tab above. This will be the last newsletter you receive from me. I hope you have found them helpful!
• Square One orders are going home today so check backpacks!
• Please help your child find small white reading books if you see it at home! (We will not do small groups this week since it is a 2 day week.)
• We did not have snacks today because there was not enough for everyone. We will have our feast tomorrow so your child will be feasting during our snack time! 

November 20, 2015

Dear Families,
We read our Thanksgiving book to learn more about the first Thanksgiving! (Sylyss)
We practiced writing Jada's name and some of our word wall words!
We reviewed how animals can make expressions like we do to express themselves. (Anthony)
We compared and contrasted different versions of the story The Little Red Hen! Then we wrote what we would do if we were a farmer (like she was in the story)!
We worked on our fall stories in writing workshop! (Beckett)
We reviewed subtraction. (Cash)
We were excited to hear from Annie, Cash, and Beckett's family about their traditions! (Jaxson)

Reminders:

• I started collecting your child's small reading group book from folders today! Please help your child return theirs if you see it at home! (We will not do small groups next week since it is a 2 day week.)
• Our snack bucket is practically empty now. If you have not sent in 25 wrapped snacks, please do so. The kids were very concerned today!

November 19, 2015

Dear Families,
We read our Thanksgiving book to learn more about the pilgrims journey to America! (Rachel)
We practiced writing a complete sentence that ends with a question mark!(Alicia)
We started a new writing story today using fall pictures in writing workshop! (Hyrum)
We reviewed how to subtract using cubes and dice. (Eric)
We read another version of the story The Little Red Hen!
Meterologist Travis Meyer came to talk to us about the weather this afternoon! (Charlie)

Reminders:

• Remember if you would like to share family traditions with our class you are invited TOMORROW at 1:30 just let me know!
• I will collect your child's small reading group book from folders tomorrow!
• Our snack bucket is almost empty already. If you have not sent in 25 wrapped snacks, please do so. The kids were very concerned today!

November 18, 2015

Dear Families,
This morning we went to Computer Lab! (Skyler)
We started talking about the first Thanksgiving! (Xavier)
We will use a digital Thanksgiving book to help us learn more about this holiday and answer our questions! 
We highlighted words that start with the letters l, h, and k in our poetry folders!(Iris)
We looked at a few photographs of early pilgrims and together we made stories using the photos in writing workshop! 
We reviewed how to subtract. (Megan)
We read another version of the story The Little Red Hen! (Jack) 

Reminders:

• Remember if you would like to share family traditions with our class you are invited THIS Friday at 1:30 just let me know!
• Be on the lookout for your child's small reading group book in folders. I started small groups this week!

November 17, 2015

Dear Families,
This morning we went to PE! (Kap)
We looked at the story Getting Around in reading workshop. We discussed the questions we had after reading it to see if we could answer our questions together. Questions that we couldn't answer are called lingering questions.
We practiced writing the letters l, h, and k!(Ariana)
We had more time to write in writing workshop! 
We played the dice game we learned yesterday to help us practice addition. (Beckett)
We read another version of the story The Little Red Hen! (Annie) 
We went to library! (Kenna)

Reminders:

• Remember if you would like to share family traditions with our class you are invited THIS Friday at 1:30 just let me know!
• Be on the lookout for your child's small reading group book in folders. I started small groups this week!

November 16, 2015

Dear Families,
We read the story The Little Red Hen! (Xavier) 
We will read many versions of this story this week!
We learned about the letters l, h, and k!(Josie)
We are started our new writing unit "Words Add Meaning". Before writing, we looked at a wordless book to see how words would have given us more information!
We played a dice game to help us practice addition. (Mia)
Remember library books for tomorrow! (Jada)

Reminders:

• Alisa Hiner, Lisa O'Connor, and Hillary Speer thank you for helping us with our pumpkins! If you took any pictures please email them to me! Pumpkins are going home today!
• Remember if you would like to share family traditions with our class you are invited THIS Friday at 1:30 just let me know!
• Be on the lookout for your child's small reading group book in folders. I will start small groups this week!

November 12, 2015

Dear Families,
We used an anchor chart to help us learn about bats today! (Rachel)
We practiced writing the letters j and p! (Cash)
We finished revising our favorite story we wrote and shared it with our friends! (Mia)
We used our pumpkins in math!  (Ariana)
We measured them, weighed them, and talked about how the pumpkins were different!
We also put some of our pumpkins in order by size!

Reminders:

• Alisa Hiner, Lisa O'Connor, and Hillary Speer we will see you tomorrow at 1:40 to help us paint pumpkins! 
• Remember if you would like to share family traditions with our class you are invited next Friday at 1:30 just let me know!
• Please make sure to read the other email I sent earlier today about tomorrow! I also attached your child's progress report!

November 11, 2015

Dear Families,
We went to Art this morning and got to finger paint a picture of a pumpkin! (Jaxson)
We even got to mix yellow and red to make orange! (Annie)
We used a new visual strategy (that was shared last night at our Night of Wonder event) to find out that we were going to learn about Veteran's day today!
We wrote about ways we are thankful for our veterans. (Josie)
We went to computer lab! (Eric)
We reviewed how we can use a number line to solve adding number problems and what a plus sign (symbol) looks like.
Then we explored US symbols!
I even showed the class a video of Texas A&M's cadets marching at the halftime show honoring Veterans! (It's where I went to college!) Thank you to all of our family members that are veterans!

Reminders:

• We have enough pumpkins for everyone now!! Thanks to everyone that sent extra pumpkins! (Lisa, Jesse, Hillary, & Linda) Sorry if I left anyone out! Alisa Hiner, Lisa O'Connor, and Hillary Speer will help us paint pumpkins this Friday! 
• Thanks to everyone that offered to help us with our Thanksgiving feast items! All items are "taken" :)

                     25 fruit cups---Rachel's family providing

                     25 juice boxes--Garrett family providing

                     3-4 bags of popcorn (already popped)--Speer family                                providing

                     25 string cheese--Hiner family providing

*all of these items must be commercially prepared and can not contain peanut butter or nut on the ingredient label.

November 10, 2015

Dear Families,
We practiced writing our thoughts and new learning down as we read more about wolves! (Josie)
We looked for words in our poems that started with the letters j and p! (Stella)
We continued revising our writing stories! (Kap)
We used a number line to solve adding number problems! (Skyler)
We discovered how a pumpkin grows! (Charlie)
We got to go to the book fair and preview the books we can buy!
We went to the library and got new books!
Tonight is our Night to Wonder event from 6-7:15pm! If you come you can shop at the book fair too! Hope to see you!

Reminders:

• We have enough pumpkins for everyone now!! Thanks to everyone that sent extra pumpkins! (Lisa, Jesse, Hillary, & Linda) Sorry if I left anyone out! Alisa Hiner, Lisa O'Connor, and Hillary Speer will help us paint pumpkins this Friday! 
• Thanks to everyone that offered to help us with our Thanksgiving feast items! All items are "taken" :)

                     25 fruit cups---Rachel's family providing

                     25 juice boxes--Garrett family providing

                     3-4 bags of popcorn (already popped)--Speer family                                providing

                     25 string cheese--Hiner family providing

*all of these items must be commercially prepared and can not contain peanut butter or nut on the ingredient label.

November 9, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we learned about the letters j and p! (Jada)
We started discussing what a tradition is by recording our thoughts on an anchor chart. After we have explored our traditions, we will look at this chart to see if our thinking has changed. (Kenna)
We started revising our favorite story in writing workshop. 
We learned about number lines in math. (Hyrum)
We read the story Pumpkin Pumpkin and sequenced pictures to help retell the story.

Reminders:

• Please send in 25 individually wrapped snacks and turkey feathers if you have not done so already.
• Also please send in your cantaloupe size pumpkin to school by Nov. 11.Pumpkin donations are appreciated too. Alisa Hiner, Lisa O'Connor, and Hilary Speer will help us paint pumpkins this Friday! 
• On November 24th, I will like to have a Thanksgiving Feast during our snack time. Ms. Allison will help me during the feast. If you would like to provide some of our feast items please email me! We would like:

                     25 fruit cups

                     25 juice boxes--Garrett family providing

                     3-4 bags of popcorn (already popped)

                     25 string cheese

*all of these items must be commercially prepared and can not contain peanut butter or nut on the ingredient label.

November 6, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we practiced writing our new words (Skyler, he, she) and letters e and r! (Beckett)
We learned how to use a new reading chart to help us record what we learned about wolves and what we wonder about wolves. (Iris)
Ms. Dawn came to our class from Jr. Achievement. She taught us about farms and money! (Jack)
We learned how to play the Growing & Disappearing Game. It combines addition and subtraction! (Sylyss)
We wrote about a way we can be safe!
We got a Facts About Me mini book in our folders! Please see if your children can tell you their address, phone number, birth date, name of parents, and where you work! We will start assessing to see if they know some of these next week!

Reminders:

• Please send in 25 individually wrapped snacks and turkey feathers if you have not done so already.
• Also please send in your cantaloupe size pumpkin to school by Nov. 11.Pumpkin donations are appreciated too. We now have 3 parent volunteers to help us paint pumpkins! Thanks so much!
• On November 24th, I will like to have a Thanksgiving Feast during our snack time. Ms. Allison will help me during the feast. If you would like to provide some of our feast items please email me! We would like:

                     25 fruit cups

                     25 juice boxes

                     3-4 bags of popcorn (already popped)

                     25 string cheese

*all of these items must be commercially prepared and can not contain peanut butter or nut on the ingredient label.

November 5, 2015

Dear Families,

Today we talked about a way to help us think while we read about wolves! (Kenna)

We practiced writing complete sentences. (Jack)

We discussed how we can add details to our illustrations to indicate day or night. (Josie)

We reviewed how to play the Disappearing Train Game!

We talked about fire safety tips and when we should call 911! (Mia)

Reminders:

• Please send in 25 individually wrapped snacks and turkey feathers if you have not done so already.
• Also please send in your cantaloupe size pumpkin to school by Nov. 11. Pumpkin donations are appreciated too. We now have 3 parent volunteers to help us paint pumpkins! Thanks so much!
• On November 24th, I will like to have a Thanksgiving Feast during our snack time. Ms. Allison will help me during the feast. If you would like to provide some of our feast items please email me! We would like:

                     25 fruit cups

                     25 juice boxes

                     3-4 bags of popcorn (already popped)

                     25 string cheese

*all of these items must be commercially prepared and can not contain peanut butter or nut on the ingredient label.

November 4, 2015

Dear Families,
This morning we went to the computer lab. (Hyrum)
Today we used different material to see which one kept our ice the coldest. We found out the foil worked the best! (Megan)
We practiced writing the letters e and r. (Annie)
We discussed how we can make our people illustrations better. 
We learned how to play the Disappearing Train Game to practice subtraction. (Kap)
We talked about ways we can be safe in our homes. (Ariana)

Reminders:

• Please send in 25 individually wrapped snacks and turkey feathers if you have not done so already.
• Also please send in your cantaloupe size pumpkin to school by Nov. 11. Pumpkin donations are appreciated too. We now have 3 parent volunteers to help us paint pumpkins! Thanks so much!

November 3, 2015

Dear Families,
Today we designed a hat and told what kind of weather it would protect us from! (Cash)
We founds words in our poems that start with the letters e and r. (Sylyss)
We discussed how multiple illustrations on a page may be needed. (Rachel)
We reviewed how to play the Growing Train Game to practice addition. (Iris)
We talked about ways we can be safe in our neighborhoods. (Stella)
Today we went to library and got new books.

Reminders:

• Please send in 25 individually wrapped snacks and turkey feathers if you have not done so already.
• Also please send in your cantaloupe size pumpkin to school by Nov. 11. Pumpkin donations are appreciated too. We now have 3 parent volunteers to help us paint pumpkins! Thanks so much!

November 2, 2015

Dear Families,
This morning we went to PE! (Anthony)
We used different materials to make a house for our pretend dog! We found out the aluminum foil was the best material because it kept the water out! (Jaxson)
We learned about the letters e and r! (Alicia)
We talked about using the full page to draw our illustrations in writing workshop. (Rachel)
We learned a new math game called the Growing Train Game to practice addition. (Jada)
We discussed ways we can stay safe at school. (Beckett)

Reminders:

• Please send in 25 individually wrapped snacks and turkey feathers if you have not done so already.
• Also please send in your cantaloupe size pumpkin to school by Nov. 11. Pumpkin donations are appreciated too.
• If you want to come assist while kids paint pumpkins on Nov. 13 @1:40-2:10 pm, please email me. So far I have one volunteer. I'd like 3 more if possible.
• I started assessments today. Thank you for working with your child at home!