November 11, 2016



Thank you to the parents - for attending the Parent/Teacher conferences.  I enjoyed seeing everyone and learning more about your children.

Reminder - The children have been doing a great job practicing for their performance "Thanksgiving Sing."
Please come and see their performance on Thursday, November 17th.  It will be at Lakeview and begins at 7:00 p.m.  Please have your child arrive at 6:45.

Reading/Language Arts
The children have done a great job role playing how to be a great friend.  We will continue with some of the groups next week.  Next week we will be reading Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann.  The children in school find that Officer Buckle's safety speeches are more exciting with Gloria, a police dog. 
Our focus will be questioning, inferring, and predicting.
Vocabulary words include:  attention, swivel, commands and popped.

Math
We will continue to work on addition with and without regrouping.  Children will be rewrite horizontal problems vertically.  They will be solving 2-digit addition by using the strategy draw a diagram.

Social Studies
We will be finishing Unit 1, Where We Live.  There will be a review and test next week.

Homework
Reading - read for 20 minutes and complete Reading Log
Math - practice facts
Spelling - practice, test on Friday