Important Dates:

• Friday, November 15th: We get to walk to the high school and watch a production of Cinderella.
• November 22nd: We will have a special performance in our classroom. The students will perform a short readers theater and a few Thanksgiving songs. The kids would love for you to come and watch at 9:30 am! More info will be sent home this week and we hope to see you all there!
• Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 25-29

What we are learning this week:

• Spelling: If, do, will, each
• Spelling pattern/phonics: sh, th, ch, wh
  • On the back of the spelling test, the kids will be asked to write which digraph is in each word: For example, there will be a picture of a thumb, the kids will have to write th.
    • To Practice:
      • Monday: Come up with 3 sh words
      • Tuesday: Come up with 3 th words
      • Wednesday: Come up with 3 ch words
      • Thursday: With your help pick out a few objects that start with wh.  (wh is harder for them to come up with words on their own.)
• Reading: We are focusing on reading with expression and fluency.
• Math:  Greater than/Less than, ordering numbers
  • How you can practice at home:
    • Give kiddos two number and ask them which is greater or less than. I am teaching the greater than/less than symbol on Tuesday so after Tuesday you can have them practice writing that. (Example: 67 > 56 )
    • We will be learning how to order numbers on Wednesday.  You can write 4 numbers on 4 different index cards and have your kiddo put the index cards in order from least to greatest.
• Social Studies/Science: Thanksgiving/ Practice for readers Theater.