Friday November 12, 2010

We finished up our unit on transportation and started a unit on Thanksgiving. Our literacy unit which we will be starting next week is about "food", so that will fit in nicely with the Thanksgiving holiday that is coming up. Today we talked about what we are thankful for and made a list as a class. The students came up with some wonderful things to be thankful for: mom, dad, pets, house, our life, clothes, food, water, car, toys, friends, grandma, grandpa, brothers, sisters, our world, etc. Later in the day, the students started a turkey activity, writing something they are thankful for on each feather. We will finish them up next week and hang them outside our classroom for you to see at conferences!

Mrs. Abbey read, The Singing Wagon, which is a Pueblo folk tale about an old black beetle who has an adventure while pulling a wagon. Ask your child to tell you what happened when the old black beetle asked for help to pull the wagon full of sticks.

In handwriting, we reviewed the three letters we have learned to write so far..."L/l", "I/i", and "T/t". Have your child show you how nicely they can write these letters!

At library time, the students passed their slider tests! That means that they can now use a book slider to check out books from anywhere on the shelf! (Up until now, they were limited to choosing a book from a collection off of the library shelves.) Congratulations, students!

If you have any children's books about food, please send them in for our class to read over the next couple of weeks! Thanks! Also, if you or anybody you know makes strawberry jam, our class would like to try some when we read a story about how jam is made next Friday-Nov. 19. Please let me know if you are able to help us out!

Next Thursday (Nov. 18, which is our 12:35 dismissal day), we are planning to have a "fall celebration". We are planning to create a yummy snack mix, where each child will bring in something to add to the mix! Details will go home on Monday.

Have a great weekend!