Hi Starfish Families,
We will be having no homework for our shortened week. Please have your child pack their Thanksgiving shared snack tonight to bring in tomorrow. You can encourage your child to count out the snack by 2's and 5's.
I hope your family has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Warm Wishes,
Megan
Monday, November 25, 2013
Important Reminder- Celebrating Thanksgiving Tomorrow
Important Reminder!!!
Celebrating
Thanksgiving Tomorrow!
Tuesday, November 26th, our class will
be having a “shared snack” like the Pilgrims and Native Americans. I am asking each child to bring in “20”
healthy items to share. Examples:
carrots sticks, celery sticks, raisins, grapes, pretzels, crackers. (Please send package in so ingredients can be
checked). We look forward to turning our
classroom into “The First Thanksgiving”.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Starfish Gazette- November 18, 2013
Dear Starfish Families,
First of all, thank you for taking the time to meet with me for parent/teacher conferences. I appreciate your support and I enjoyed the opportunity to converse with you about your child. The report card that you received in your child's folder last Friday reflects your child's attendance. It also gives you information about the skills that will be evaluated in February. Please sign the envelope and return it ASAP. The paperwork is yours to keep.
Word Study:
This week we are learning about the "h brothers"- ch, th, wh, sh, and ph. We have many activities planned to learn more about this digraphs. Learning these digraphs will help with your child's writing and reading.
Thank you so much for your continued support on your child's spelling homework/ studying. I was so impressed with the studying with last week's spelling quiz! Amazing job Starfish!
Reading Workshop:
We are continuing to learn about our characters in our books. This week we started reading Mo Willem's Elephant and Piggy books to brainstorm character traits across books. We have been using post-it notes to document how our character's feelings changes.
At home, I encourage you to talk with your child about the characters that you meet in the books you read together.
Math Workshop:
In math, we have been learning about our doubles, doubles +1, and doubles -1. We have been using our white boards to build our fact fluency. We made Doubles Dudes this afternoon. (picture coming soon). The kids really enjoyed this activity to reinforce their double number sentences. Later this week we are going to begin learning about Penny, Nickel, and Dime.
Our class just reached 10,000 problems completed on IXL! So proud of our learning accomplishments! :)
Questions to promote "School Talk"?
1. Can you tell me what sound short a, short i, and short o make?
2. What's your classroom job this week?
3. What book are you reading for chapter read aloud?
4. How did you make your Double Dude?
5. Who is your reading partner?
6. Tell me what doubles facts you know?
7. Who is Elephant and Piggy? Tell me about their characters?
8. Can you tell me the difference between a tall letter and a diving letter?
Have a great week!
Megan
First of all, thank you for taking the time to meet with me for parent/teacher conferences. I appreciate your support and I enjoyed the opportunity to converse with you about your child. The report card that you received in your child's folder last Friday reflects your child's attendance. It also gives you information about the skills that will be evaluated in February. Please sign the envelope and return it ASAP. The paperwork is yours to keep.
Celebrating Thanksgiving:
Our class is learning all about the First Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims and Native Americans. We are planning to have a "shared " snack like the Pilgrims and Native Americans on Tuesday, November 26. I am asking each child to bring in "20" healthy items to share. Examples: carrot sticks, celery sticks, raisins, grapes, pretzels, crackers (please send package in so ingredients can be checked). We look forward to turning our classroom into "The First Thanksgiving".
Word Study:
This week we are learning about the "h brothers"- ch, th, wh, sh, and ph. We have many activities planned to learn more about this digraphs. Learning these digraphs will help with your child's writing and reading.
Thank you so much for your continued support on your child's spelling homework/ studying. I was so impressed with the studying with last week's spelling quiz! Amazing job Starfish!
Reading Workshop:
We are continuing to learn about our characters in our books. This week we started reading Mo Willem's Elephant and Piggy books to brainstorm character traits across books. We have been using post-it notes to document how our character's feelings changes.
At home, I encourage you to talk with your child about the characters that you meet in the books you read together.
Math Workshop:
In math, we have been learning about our doubles, doubles +1, and doubles -1. We have been using our white boards to build our fact fluency. We made Doubles Dudes this afternoon. (picture coming soon). The kids really enjoyed this activity to reinforce their double number sentences. Later this week we are going to begin learning about Penny, Nickel, and Dime.
Our class just reached 10,000 problems completed on IXL! So proud of our learning accomplishments! :)
Questions to promote "School Talk"?
1. Can you tell me what sound short a, short i, and short o make?
2. What's your classroom job this week?
3. What book are you reading for chapter read aloud?
4. How did you make your Double Dude?
5. Who is your reading partner?
6. Tell me what doubles facts you know?
7. Who is Elephant and Piggy? Tell me about their characters?
8. Can you tell me the difference between a tall letter and a diving letter?
Have a great week!
Megan
Friday, November 15, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Field Trip Tomorrow!
Hi Starfish families,
We are going to the Portsmouth Music Hall tomorrow morning to see The Junie B. Jones production! The kids are so excited to see Junie's character come to life on stage. We can't wait to see the differences and similarities between the books and the play.
We will not be having snack tomorrow at school so please give your child a hearty breakfast at home before coming to school.
If your child wants to "dress up" for the theater tomorrow, they are more than welcome to! :)
Have a great evening!
Megan
We are going to the Portsmouth Music Hall tomorrow morning to see The Junie B. Jones production! The kids are so excited to see Junie's character come to life on stage. We can't wait to see the differences and similarities between the books and the play.
We will not be having snack tomorrow at school so please give your child a hearty breakfast at home before coming to school.
If your child wants to "dress up" for the theater tomorrow, they are more than welcome to! :)
Have a great evening!
Megan
Happy Birthday To Our Favorite Starfish Twins!
Charles and Eleanor turned 7 on 11/11! We celebrated their special day at school today!
Friday, November 1, 2013
Learning about Fire Safety with Stratham Fire Department
We had a great morning learning about fire safety. The kindergarten and first grade classes traveled around the school to different stations. Ask your child what they learned about fire safety this morning. Enjoy some pictures!
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