Hello! Happy Easter to All! It's been a crazy couple of weeks but all went very well. The past two weeks have brought us our Preschool/Kindergarten Open House, the Youth Rally at the Bad River Casino, Kindergarten Round Up and Bump Up Day!
We had a great time at Kreher Park with the Preschoolers on Friday! They had lots of fun playing together. The preschool headed back to school before us, we took a little time to walk around the park area and explore signs of Spring!
I loved hearing all the great things they had to say about their day in 1st Grade! They wrote their last pen pal letter and explained 'I am excited for 1st Grade because...' All of the children are super excited for our field trip to the Zoo in May when we will meet our pen pals.
Here's what we'll be working on this week:
Language Arts:
We'll meet a new alphafriend: Yetta Yo-Yo and learn the new sight word: she. Many of the children have mastered this word already, but we'll review it and work on fluency! The children who are ready are certainly moving on to bigger words and stories during our small group times. These small group times really allow me to work with the children on their individual learning needs!
We'll also be working on the -en word family. We'll be reviewing past word families: -at, -an, -it, -ig, -ot, and -ox. We'll also use these word families to talk about rhyming words and patterns that we can (and sometimes can't) find in rhyming words.
Math:
We'll continue to work with Money! The children will get a chance to use the coins to help identify them and learn the value of each. We'll also be playing some games to learn how to total up various sets of coins.
Religion:
We'll be learning about service in our community and in our church. We'll talk about saying 'Yes!' the to call to serve and talk about ways that we can do this.
Science:
We'll be reading another section of our National Geographic for Young Explorers and be learning about plants and seeds. We'll start seeds in a baggie and record in our journals how they change in the next couple weeks.
Social Studies:
We'll be talking about different community helpers and what the children want to be when they grow up.
That's all for now! Have a great week!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
March 19-23, 2012
Hello! I hope everyone's Spring Break went well! I certainly enjoyed some R&R at home with my family. The weather was gorgeous!! I'm hoping the nice weather keeps up! Over Spring Break I was able to go and visit our pen pal class. Mrs. Salus and the Kindergartners of St. Rose in Proctor did have school this past week, so I went to see them on Thursday, March 15th. They were excited to see me, but bummed to find out that my students didn't come with me. I told them not to fret...they will meet up at the end of the year...which is just around the corner! We exchanged pen pal letters and they were so excited to get ours. I know our students will be anxious to get the letters from their pen pals too!
Here's what we're doing this week:
Language Arts:
We will revisit the past weeks stories: 'The Wheels on the Bus' & 'Vroom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom!' and talk about the wheels that we find in all of them. We'll review our reading strategy focus: questioning while reading. This strategy will help us understand different stories that we read! We'll also review our comprehension focus: making predictions.
We'll review the alphafriends: Dudley Duck and Zelda Zebra and do different activities throughout the week while practicing their sounds and printing.
Math: We'll continue to work with our larger numbers. As we continue to practice those 'teens' we'll work our way up all the way to recognizing and writing to 30!
Religion: We'll be learning about St. Patrick on Monday and doing a fun St. Patty's day project. The rest of the week we'll be learning about Jesus as a leader and following him with all that we say, think and do. Wednesday we DO NOT have Liturgy. The older children will be receiving the sacrament of Reconciliation during our regular Mass time. We will also be ending the week with Stations of the Cross.
Science/Social Studies:
We'll have a special treat this week as we travel to the Great Lakes Visitor Center on Monday. For the afternoon we will be attending a presentation on archeology and paleontology. It's sure to be a great time! Thanks to Mrs. Mukka and Mrs. Mika for being drivers and chaperones!
Another special treat this week...Mrs. Leona Pliss will be doing a fun dinosaur cookie activity with the Kindergartners on Tuesday afternoon! Thanks Mrs. Pliss!
Well, that's all for now! Thanks for the great snacks that you send...the children love them! Our healthy snacks really help to give us that boost we need to stay focused and stay happy at school!
Have a great week!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Here's what we're doing this week:
Language Arts:
We will revisit the past weeks stories: 'The Wheels on the Bus' & 'Vroom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom!' and talk about the wheels that we find in all of them. We'll review our reading strategy focus: questioning while reading. This strategy will help us understand different stories that we read! We'll also review our comprehension focus: making predictions.
We'll review the alphafriends: Dudley Duck and Zelda Zebra and do different activities throughout the week while practicing their sounds and printing.
Math: We'll continue to work with our larger numbers. As we continue to practice those 'teens' we'll work our way up all the way to recognizing and writing to 30!
Religion: We'll be learning about St. Patrick on Monday and doing a fun St. Patty's day project. The rest of the week we'll be learning about Jesus as a leader and following him with all that we say, think and do. Wednesday we DO NOT have Liturgy. The older children will be receiving the sacrament of Reconciliation during our regular Mass time. We will also be ending the week with Stations of the Cross.
Science/Social Studies:
We'll have a special treat this week as we travel to the Great Lakes Visitor Center on Monday. For the afternoon we will be attending a presentation on archeology and paleontology. It's sure to be a great time! Thanks to Mrs. Mukka and Mrs. Mika for being drivers and chaperones!
Another special treat this week...Mrs. Leona Pliss will be doing a fun dinosaur cookie activity with the Kindergartners on Tuesday afternoon! Thanks Mrs. Pliss!
Well, that's all for now! Thanks for the great snacks that you send...the children love them! Our healthy snacks really help to give us that boost we need to stay focused and stay happy at school!
Have a great week!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Catholic Schools Week 2012 is here!
Hello! Happy Catholic Schools Week!! We've got lots of fun things planned for this week to celebrate our wonderful school!! It's sure to be an exciting week. The kids have been getting really excited with all the activities we have planned!
Monday:
Dress as your favorite movie/book character day!
For Language Arts, the Kindergarteners are going to focus on Jan Brett's story of 'The Mitten'. We will read through it and point out the beginning, middle and end. We will also be practicing to act this story out. We will have headbands with the different animals and other props to help us. We'll be practicing this all week and finally doing for an audience during the Variety Show on Friday!
The afternoon fun will be gathering together with other classes to watch a movie in the library!
Tuesday:
(will run with Wednesday's normal schedule)
Red & White Day!
Mass with the Bishop at 10 AM...please feel free to join us for this wonderful occasion!
Wednesday:
(will run with Tuesday's normal schedule)
Crazy Hat Day!
Language Arts:
We'll continue to practice 'The Mitten'. We'll also be reviewing our sight words and our word families and writing in our journals.
Religion:
We'll be focusing on learning about Jesus as a storyteller and teacher. We'll listen to many stories from the bible that guide us in learning how Jesus wants us to live our everyday lives. The big lesson this week will be: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR!
Thursday:
Spelling Bee Day!
Happy Groundhog's Day!
We'll be hearing stories of Phil the Groundhog and what the whole meaning behind this day is. The children will pretend that they are groundhogs and decide if they would want to see their shadow or not and write about why they would choose what they did. We'll also do an groundhog art activity in the afternoon to go with this.
In the afternoon, we'll go to the Social Hall to watch the Jr. High students do the Spelling Bee!
Friday:
Favorite Team Sports Day!
We'll have a final practice for 'The Mitten', as we get ready for the Variety Show in the afternoon. The Variety Show is at 1 PM, in the Social Hall. All are welcome to join us...we hope that you can make it!
Saturday:
Home & School Bake Sale
Sunday:
All School Liturgy at 10 AM Mass
Pancake & Sausage Breakfast by the KC's...benefits go to support our school!
That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by!!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Monday:
Dress as your favorite movie/book character day!
For Language Arts, the Kindergarteners are going to focus on Jan Brett's story of 'The Mitten'. We will read through it and point out the beginning, middle and end. We will also be practicing to act this story out. We will have headbands with the different animals and other props to help us. We'll be practicing this all week and finally doing for an audience during the Variety Show on Friday!
The afternoon fun will be gathering together with other classes to watch a movie in the library!
Tuesday:
(will run with Wednesday's normal schedule)
Red & White Day!
Mass with the Bishop at 10 AM...please feel free to join us for this wonderful occasion!
Wednesday:
(will run with Tuesday's normal schedule)
Crazy Hat Day!
Language Arts:
We'll continue to practice 'The Mitten'. We'll also be reviewing our sight words and our word families and writing in our journals.
Religion:
We'll be focusing on learning about Jesus as a storyteller and teacher. We'll listen to many stories from the bible that guide us in learning how Jesus wants us to live our everyday lives. The big lesson this week will be: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR!
Thursday:
Spelling Bee Day!
Happy Groundhog's Day!
We'll be hearing stories of Phil the Groundhog and what the whole meaning behind this day is. The children will pretend that they are groundhogs and decide if they would want to see their shadow or not and write about why they would choose what they did. We'll also do an groundhog art activity in the afternoon to go with this.
In the afternoon, we'll go to the Social Hall to watch the Jr. High students do the Spelling Bee!
Friday:
Favorite Team Sports Day!
We'll have a final practice for 'The Mitten', as we get ready for the Variety Show in the afternoon. The Variety Show is at 1 PM, in the Social Hall. All are welcome to join us...we hope that you can make it!
Saturday:
Home & School Bake Sale
Sunday:
All School Liturgy at 10 AM Mass
Pancake & Sausage Breakfast by the KC's...benefits go to support our school!
That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by!!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
January 23rd - 27th, 2012
Hey All!
Hope the 2012 is treating everyone well! The year is moving right along and we're off to a great start in this new year! The children have really enjoyed a new song I found for our mimio board about the 12 months of the year...ask them to sing it for you...it's a great tune!
Here's what's happening this week:
Language Arts:
We'll meet our new alphafriend for the week: Fifi Fish! She'll teach us all about the letter/sound of Ff! We'll revisit some of our stories that we've been reading - all counting stories! We'll compare/contrast them and talk about what we liked and didn't like. Our strategy focus this week is on asking questions during a story to check for understanding. Our reading comprehension focus will be on recalling the beginning, middle and end of the story.
We'll review our sight words that we've learned so far and we'll also review our word families: -at and -an. The children are really moving right along with their reading progress! I have just completed all of the children's Guided Reading levels and they are all doing so so well...well on the way to being ready for 1st grade!
Math:
We have finished up our section on numbers 0-10 and are taking a break for numbers for awhile to work on GEOMETRY! =) We'll review shapes and then go onto harder ones...sphere, cone, cylinder and explore some other early concepts to geometry.
Religion:
We'll finish up our section on learning about God's wonderful gift of our world and how it is our duty to take care of it. I can't wait to see the posters they will make about caring for God's world. We'll then move onto learning about Jesus as a teacher and how he teaches us many lessons through stories from the bible.
Science/Social Studies:
We'll learn all about the Chinese New Year (celebrated on Monday, Jan. 23rd) and make a dragon puppet during Center times with helpers Mary Jane Grande (on Monday) and Mary Jo Gingras (on Wednesday).
We'll be learning about Polar Animals...focusing on the Polar Bear and the Penguin.
I'll be working with them in Centers to learn about Polar Bears from their National Geographic for Young Explorers magazine.
The 2nd Grade have buddied up with us to learn about Penguins. We'll be doing a penguin book with them on Tuesday and a Heart Shaped Penguin Art Project on Thursday.
Please keep your eyes open for FEBRUARY Snack & Center Calendars and also information concerning Catholic Schools Week.
Last year the Kindergarteners and I decided to to a short little play for the Variety Show and I'm planning on doing that again (different story this year.) Hope you can plan to attend this!
Keep those Movie Themed Items coming! We've got a good start on our basket...thanks for your donations for our Silent Auction basket!
Have a wonderful week!
Thanks for stopping by!
~ Mrs. Westlund =)
Hope the 2012 is treating everyone well! The year is moving right along and we're off to a great start in this new year! The children have really enjoyed a new song I found for our mimio board about the 12 months of the year...ask them to sing it for you...it's a great tune!
Here's what's happening this week:
Language Arts:
We'll meet our new alphafriend for the week: Fifi Fish! She'll teach us all about the letter/sound of Ff! We'll revisit some of our stories that we've been reading - all counting stories! We'll compare/contrast them and talk about what we liked and didn't like. Our strategy focus this week is on asking questions during a story to check for understanding. Our reading comprehension focus will be on recalling the beginning, middle and end of the story.
We'll review our sight words that we've learned so far and we'll also review our word families: -at and -an. The children are really moving right along with their reading progress! I have just completed all of the children's Guided Reading levels and they are all doing so so well...well on the way to being ready for 1st grade!
Math:
We have finished up our section on numbers 0-10 and are taking a break for numbers for awhile to work on GEOMETRY! =) We'll review shapes and then go onto harder ones...sphere, cone, cylinder and explore some other early concepts to geometry.
Religion:
We'll finish up our section on learning about God's wonderful gift of our world and how it is our duty to take care of it. I can't wait to see the posters they will make about caring for God's world. We'll then move onto learning about Jesus as a teacher and how he teaches us many lessons through stories from the bible.
Science/Social Studies:
We'll learn all about the Chinese New Year (celebrated on Monday, Jan. 23rd) and make a dragon puppet during Center times with helpers Mary Jane Grande (on Monday) and Mary Jo Gingras (on Wednesday).
We'll be learning about Polar Animals...focusing on the Polar Bear and the Penguin.
I'll be working with them in Centers to learn about Polar Bears from their National Geographic for Young Explorers magazine.
The 2nd Grade have buddied up with us to learn about Penguins. We'll be doing a penguin book with them on Tuesday and a Heart Shaped Penguin Art Project on Thursday.
Please keep your eyes open for FEBRUARY Snack & Center Calendars and also information concerning Catholic Schools Week.
Last year the Kindergarteners and I decided to to a short little play for the Variety Show and I'm planning on doing that again (different story this year.) Hope you can plan to attend this!
Keep those Movie Themed Items coming! We've got a good start on our basket...thanks for your donations for our Silent Auction basket!
Have a wonderful week!
Thanks for stopping by!
~ Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, December 11, 2011
December 12-16
Hard to believe we've started the third week of Advent already and have gotten to our pink candle on our advent wreath! The students add a paper 'flame' to their individual wreaths that they made at the beginning of advent that are hanging on their lockers. We're all anxiously waiting to celebrate the birth of Jesus!
Here's what we'll be doing in school this week:
Language Arts:
Last week we started with our first word family! How exciting!!! We will continue to work with the -at word family this week. We will also learn a new sight word: 'to'. Our Alphafriend this week is Vinny Volcano and we'll learn all about the consonant Vv! Now that we've started word families we've begun to talk about our 'helper letters', the vowels. Use the words 'consonants' and 'vowels' when talking with your child at home about different letters.
Our story will be "My Dad and I" and will focus on the friendship we find in our families. We've been talking about friendship last week and will continue it through this week and next in all of our stories. We've also discussed character, setting and plot/problem in stories and are continuing to do so when we read new stories. Predicting is also something important to do to help understand and inquire about what's happening in the story. Encourage your child to predict what may happen next while you read stories at home.
Math:
We're continuing with our numerals and number words! Keep practicing these at home! We'll continue to work with numerals 0-9 this week and with the number words 0-9! Have them practice writing their numerals and number words at home...remember to remind them to start from the top when forming numbers and letters!
Religion:
We'll focus on the story of Jesus' birth and on learning about the Holy Family. We'll compare the Holy Family with our family and become more familiar with this important bible story. Later in the week we'll be making finger puppets for this story. At home, encourage your child to retell the story of the birth of Jesus at home!
December 13th is also a special day this week...it is the feast day of St. Lucia. We will be partnering up with the 2nd Grade to make special St. Lucia crowns and traditional biscuits as we celebrate and learn about this very special lady. (She is also the patron saint of vision, she holds a special place in my heart for my gift of sight!)
Centers:
We will be having Centers on Monday and Wednesday. Lisa (Hannah's mom) is scheduled for Monday, but I still have an opening for Wednesday afternoon. Let me know if you're interested!
Other Partner Activities this week:
On Thursday we'll partner up with the 4th Grade and decorate gift bags for the Christmas Store!
That's all for now!!! Have a very wonderful and blessed week!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Here's what we'll be doing in school this week:
Language Arts:
Last week we started with our first word family! How exciting!!! We will continue to work with the -at word family this week. We will also learn a new sight word: 'to'. Our Alphafriend this week is Vinny Volcano and we'll learn all about the consonant Vv! Now that we've started word families we've begun to talk about our 'helper letters', the vowels. Use the words 'consonants' and 'vowels' when talking with your child at home about different letters.
Our story will be "My Dad and I" and will focus on the friendship we find in our families. We've been talking about friendship last week and will continue it through this week and next in all of our stories. We've also discussed character, setting and plot/problem in stories and are continuing to do so when we read new stories. Predicting is also something important to do to help understand and inquire about what's happening in the story. Encourage your child to predict what may happen next while you read stories at home.
Math:
We're continuing with our numerals and number words! Keep practicing these at home! We'll continue to work with numerals 0-9 this week and with the number words 0-9! Have them practice writing their numerals and number words at home...remember to remind them to start from the top when forming numbers and letters!
Religion:
We'll focus on the story of Jesus' birth and on learning about the Holy Family. We'll compare the Holy Family with our family and become more familiar with this important bible story. Later in the week we'll be making finger puppets for this story. At home, encourage your child to retell the story of the birth of Jesus at home!
December 13th is also a special day this week...it is the feast day of St. Lucia. We will be partnering up with the 2nd Grade to make special St. Lucia crowns and traditional biscuits as we celebrate and learn about this very special lady. (She is also the patron saint of vision, she holds a special place in my heart for my gift of sight!)
Centers:
We will be having Centers on Monday and Wednesday. Lisa (Hannah's mom) is scheduled for Monday, but I still have an opening for Wednesday afternoon. Let me know if you're interested!
Other Partner Activities this week:
On Thursday we'll partner up with the 4th Grade and decorate gift bags for the Christmas Store!
That's all for now!!! Have a very wonderful and blessed week!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all! I hope that you enjoyed your Thanksgiving Break as much as I did! It was so nice to spend time with family and friends!
Here's what we'll be working on this week:
Language Arts: We'll revisit some of the stories that we've been reading in this past section all about families. We'll focus on characters, setting, noting details, compare and contrast, evaluating and classifying. We'll also learn about our new alphafriend: Nyle Noodle! Please be sure to look for him and his song on the newsletter going home this week!
Math: We'll be working with numbers and counting and making graphs this week! We'll start to learn some of the number words, so keep practicing them at home!
Religion: We have started the season of Advent! It is the beginning of a new church year. We'll learn about preparing ourselves for Jesus' birth, to be celebrated on Christmas Day! We'll also be learning about prayer. There are so many different ways to pray and things to pray about. Our focus will be on prayer as 'talking' to God. It is important for the children to understand that God hears them and will listen to them whenever and wherever they are!
Science: We'll be starting to learn about our senses! We'll do an activity where we sort out and organize a variety of items, and then we will graph them into which senses we could use to identify them and we'll identify the properties of each object. We'll also talk about how our senses help us.
Social Studies: We'll be learning about a different culture; that of the Eskimos. We will hear a story about the eskimos and how they live and compare/contrast on how it is different from where we live. We'll also try our hand at building some sugar cube igloos!
Centers: Monday & Wednesday:
Center One: The children will make wreaths using green paint hands and red thumbprints. They will each make 2...one to take home and one that we will be sending to the Senior Center in town.
Center Two: Shiny Ornaments! We will use light corn syrup to 'paint' over ornaments cut from tag board. After they are dry we will secure a ribbon on each and they will be sent home to be hung on your tree!
That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by!
~Mrs. Westlund
Here's what we'll be working on this week:
Language Arts: We'll revisit some of the stories that we've been reading in this past section all about families. We'll focus on characters, setting, noting details, compare and contrast, evaluating and classifying. We'll also learn about our new alphafriend: Nyle Noodle! Please be sure to look for him and his song on the newsletter going home this week!
Math: We'll be working with numbers and counting and making graphs this week! We'll start to learn some of the number words, so keep practicing them at home!
Religion: We have started the season of Advent! It is the beginning of a new church year. We'll learn about preparing ourselves for Jesus' birth, to be celebrated on Christmas Day! We'll also be learning about prayer. There are so many different ways to pray and things to pray about. Our focus will be on prayer as 'talking' to God. It is important for the children to understand that God hears them and will listen to them whenever and wherever they are!
Science: We'll be starting to learn about our senses! We'll do an activity where we sort out and organize a variety of items, and then we will graph them into which senses we could use to identify them and we'll identify the properties of each object. We'll also talk about how our senses help us.
Social Studies: We'll be learning about a different culture; that of the Eskimos. We will hear a story about the eskimos and how they live and compare/contrast on how it is different from where we live. We'll also try our hand at building some sugar cube igloos!
Centers: Monday & Wednesday:
Center One: The children will make wreaths using green paint hands and red thumbprints. They will each make 2...one to take home and one that we will be sending to the Senior Center in town.
Center Two: Shiny Ornaments! We will use light corn syrup to 'paint' over ornaments cut from tag board. After they are dry we will secure a ribbon on each and they will be sent home to be hung on your tree!
That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by!
~Mrs. Westlund
Sunday, November 13, 2011
November 14th-18th
Hello! What a gorgeous weekend! Ben and I were able to join some neighbor friends down at the Mason park on Saturday for some fun...we sure aren't going to have many more days as nice as that one! Looking ahead, it's hard to believe that Parent Teacher Conferences are this week already, Opening Gun Hunting Season starts this weekend and Thanksgiving is next week!
Here's what we've got planned for the week ahead:
Language Arts:
We are continuing to focus on families. We will read 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', 'Shoes from Grandpa' and 'Baby Bear's Family'. Our new alphafriend is Benny Bear and we'll be focusing on the letter Bb! Try to ask your child to come up with words that start with the 'b' sound! We'll also continue to practice our sight words: I, see & my. We'll also add to that list of sight words this week with the new word: like. We'll be writing in our journals at school during small group time and practicing these new words with the sentence "I like my..." I'll help them with filling in the blank. I often do this by writing the word that they've dictated to me on a little post it note, and they just copy it onto the page to complete the sentence and then add an illustration.
Religion:
We're starting a new chapter on prayer. We will learn about talking to God and learn about how prayer can be recited with the prayers we memorize, but it can also be just simply talking to God. We'll also talk about how God can hear our prayers always.
Math:
We're continuing with counting! We're practicing counting to 100 at school...practice this (and higher if you can!) at home too! We're also learning about numbers that show more and less.
Science:
We'll have a special treat this week...Brad Gingras (Bradan's dad) will come in on Tuesday afternoon to show us his various animal skins and preserved animals and talk about Hibernation, Migration and animals that 'tough it out' during the winter.
Social Studies:
We'll be continuing to learn about life way back when the first Thanksgiving happened. We've read stories about the Pilgrims coming to the Americas and how the Native Americans helped them to live off the land. We celebrate the different gifts that God has given us and how we can all share them with each other. We'll read a simple story called 'Pilgrim, Pilgrim'. There are some of our sight words in this story, so we will be identifying them, as well as trying to sound out some of the tougher words as we read together. Your child will be bringing this home on Thursday...be sure to read it through with them, they are so excited to be able to read new words every day!
Centers:
No Centers on Monday because of the Early Release Day.
Centers on Wednesday will be with Mary Jo Gingras and I. Together we will be helping the children to make Native American Headbands. Also, earlier in the week I will be making Pilgrim hats with each of the children in small groups. The children will be able to choose which hat they'd like to wear down to the All School Thanksgiving Luncheon!
Parent Teacher Conferences!!!
Thursday ~ After school!! Please let me know as soon as you can if you're not able to make it that night. I will do my best to accomodate you and find a time that works for both of us to get together!
Here's what we've got planned for the week ahead:
Language Arts:
We are continuing to focus on families. We will read 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', 'Shoes from Grandpa' and 'Baby Bear's Family'. Our new alphafriend is Benny Bear and we'll be focusing on the letter Bb! Try to ask your child to come up with words that start with the 'b' sound! We'll also continue to practice our sight words: I, see & my. We'll also add to that list of sight words this week with the new word: like. We'll be writing in our journals at school during small group time and practicing these new words with the sentence "I like my..." I'll help them with filling in the blank. I often do this by writing the word that they've dictated to me on a little post it note, and they just copy it onto the page to complete the sentence and then add an illustration.
Religion:
We're starting a new chapter on prayer. We will learn about talking to God and learn about how prayer can be recited with the prayers we memorize, but it can also be just simply talking to God. We'll also talk about how God can hear our prayers always.
Math:
We're continuing with counting! We're practicing counting to 100 at school...practice this (and higher if you can!) at home too! We're also learning about numbers that show more and less.
Science:
We'll have a special treat this week...Brad Gingras (Bradan's dad) will come in on Tuesday afternoon to show us his various animal skins and preserved animals and talk about Hibernation, Migration and animals that 'tough it out' during the winter.
Social Studies:
We'll be continuing to learn about life way back when the first Thanksgiving happened. We've read stories about the Pilgrims coming to the Americas and how the Native Americans helped them to live off the land. We celebrate the different gifts that God has given us and how we can all share them with each other. We'll read a simple story called 'Pilgrim, Pilgrim'. There are some of our sight words in this story, so we will be identifying them, as well as trying to sound out some of the tougher words as we read together. Your child will be bringing this home on Thursday...be sure to read it through with them, they are so excited to be able to read new words every day!
Centers:
No Centers on Monday because of the Early Release Day.
Centers on Wednesday will be with Mary Jo Gingras and I. Together we will be helping the children to make Native American Headbands. Also, earlier in the week I will be making Pilgrim hats with each of the children in small groups. The children will be able to choose which hat they'd like to wear down to the All School Thanksgiving Luncheon!
Parent Teacher Conferences!!!
Thursday ~ After school!! Please let me know as soon as you can if you're not able to make it that night. I will do my best to accomodate you and find a time that works for both of us to get together!
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