All I do is read, read, read...no matter what...I got books on my mind...can't ever get enough!

We had a fabulous time reading the books brought in to celebrate American Education Week.  We loved them all!!!  Books are definitely a favorite in Room 115.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I'm excited for the children to take out their journals and write about their break.  There will be a lot to share tomorrow.

PLEASE continue to send in empty toilet tissue/paper towel rolls.  We will be making a Christmas Secret next week and toilet tissue rolls are still in demand.  

This week we will be investigating the letter "Ii" as in "insect in the ink."  The word wall words are:  when, want, soon, get. 

Note: I'm flip flopping the reading schedule for the month of December.   Next week we will be studying the letter Jj instead of the week of December 13.  December 13 is now a review week. 

In math we are counting, making sets, patterning and understanding graphs.  Our November calendar pages will come home on Tuesday.  Please look over the calendar pages with your child.  You will see a monthly calendar, a weather graph, an odd/even page, writing the date and adding the date.  In December we will be adding money to our calendar notebook.

Our poem this week is about getting together.  Please be on the look out for our poetry journal on Fridays.  We had fun reading "The Wishbone" and pretending to pull one.  Poetry journals need to be returned on Mondays.

I will send home an optional book order on Tuesday.  Book orders are due on Monday, December 7.  The book order will be back in time before the holidays.  Please let me know if your book order is a Christmas Secret and I will make arrangements for delivery when it comes in.  If you choose to order on-line, our activation code is GL88R.

Upcoming dates:  Tuesday, December 15 is word wall assessment for Room 115 (first and second nine weeks' words will be assessed)
Thursday, December 17:  Classroom Christmas Party
Friday, December 18:  The Kindergarten students will wear pajamas to school and watch Polar Express.

Be sure to scroll down and see pictures of pilgrims and Native Americans and our future careers.  Please let me know of any questions or concerns you may have!

Harvesting Fun - Happy Thanksgiving

The Future Is Bright - Career Day

The Middle of November

The Middle of  November is a very busy place in Room 115.  Our thoughts are filled with turkeys, pilgrims, the Mayflower and Native Americans on top of learning to read and count!!! 

This is a review week in reading of all introduced letter/sounds and word wall words.  Use this week to polish up your child's weaknesses.  Work hard this week on letter/sounds and word wall words so that everyone (including moms and dads) can take it easy next week.

This is American Education Week.  It is also National Children's Book Week.  We will be celebrating books and education for the next five days.  On Tuesday, your child may come to school dressed as his/her future career.  In Monday's folder, look for a schedule of  the day your child may bring his/her favorite book to school.  I'm going to try and find time during the day to read the books to the students.  The book your child brings to school will come home the same day.  Also to celebrate American Education Week, guest readers are invited to visit the classroom and read a story to us.  Please email me if you are interested in reading to the class.  I will try very hard to accommodate your schedule so that you can get to all of your responsibilities but still spend time with Room 115. We are very good listeners and always enjoy a good book.

 Our poem this week revolves around the Thanksgiving tradition of the wishbone.  Please check book bags on Friday for this poem and maybe your feast next week will have a wishbone!

Also in Friday's book bag will be a special book we are making about Thanksgiving.  We are making comparisons between present day and long ago.  Please be sure to find this book on Friday so that you can read and reread it next week.

Don't forget to pre-order the Blount yearbook for the early bird price of $20. 

School Spirit Nights are Monday at Mellow Mushroom and Friday at Baumhower Wings.  Enjoy an evening of not cooking and helping the school at the same time!

We will be dressed as pilgrims and Native Americans for lunch on
Wednesday and Thursday.  Our lunch time is 10:50-11:15.  Be sure to sign in at the office and meet us in the lunchroom.  Thursday's lunch menu is a traditional Thanksgiving meal but we will be eating as pilgrims and Native Americans on Wednesday too!  You will want to bring your camera if you are joining us for lunch!

There is a Blount Holiday Market on Tuesday in the lunchroom from 5:30-9 pm.  Come out and start your holiday shopping early.

Reminders:
1.  Our library day is Tuesday.  Please return library books on Tuesday.
2.  Please save empty toilet tissue rolls for a very special Christmas secret.  You may send them in at any time.
3.  Box Top collection date is Friday.  Please send in Box Tops any day this week.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  I'm very thankful for the seventeen children that make Room 115 such a wonderful place to laugh, work and play!  Thank you so much for trusting me with your child!  Email me with any questions or concerns.

Busy Days

You have to have energy to work in Room 115.  Our days are filled with movement, discussions, listening, investigating, creating, friendship, laughter and encouragement.  Room 115 is a very special place to work!  Thank you for supporting our classroom.

We are getting so good at learning the letters of the alphabet.  We love to sing the song "Letter Pop" and hold up the appropriate letter.  A way to help us learn our letters is to find words in a book, on a billboard or in a menu and ask us to spell it for you.   Or tell us to find a certain letter and see how long it takes us to find it.

This is a short week but full of lots of learning.  In reading we will be studying the letter "Dd as in dog on a doghouse."  The word wall words are The/the, as.  Next week will be a review week.

Our poem this week only has two words for us to learn how to read.  It is a great poem to read with a variety of voices.  I'm sure your child will be excited to share it with you.  Look for the poetry journal in Wednesday's back pack.  We enjoyed acting out the poem from last week.  We quickly became experts on the multiple meanings of gobble.  We know how to gobble as a plump and proud turkey and then we can quickly turn around and gobble down the turkey.

We are making preparations for Thanksgiving.  Please join us on Wednesday, November 17 or Friday, November 19 as we dress up as Native Americans and pilgrims and eat lunch together.  We are making the costumes at school, so your only responsibility is to enjoy our reenactment of that very important feast!  Our lunch time is 10:50-11:15.

We will be working on our phone numbers in math this week.  Addresses and phone numbers will be assessed on report cards so please help your child learn them.  In math, we will also be working on making sets and understanding the numbers up to 10.

The  Blount yearbook is on sale for $20.  The yearbook will be published in the spring.  


Upcoming dates to remember are:
Monday, November 15:  Spirit night at Mellow Mushroom
Tuesday, November 16:  Dress up as your future career
Tuesday, November 16:  Blount Holiday Market from 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday, November 17:  Day 1 of dressing up for Thanksgiving at lunch
Thursday, November 18:  Day 2 of dressing up for Thanksgiving at lunch
Friday, November 19:  Spirit night at Baumhower Wings

Don't forget library books are due on Tuesday.  Now that we are getting a sizable collection of word wall words, the students like to get "eye to eye and knee to knee" and practice their reading skills.  It is a very exciting time to watch the students try out their knowledge of letters and words and sentences.  Our classroom is certainly a place where books are valued and cherished.

If you are purchasing snack/juice this week, please send in $1.50 per item because of the short week.  Have a wonderful four day weekend.  Please take time to celebrate the meaning of Veteran's Day!

Please start saving empty toilet tissue rolls.  We need a lot for a very special Christmas secret!

Thank you for sharing your child with me.  I believe that Room 115 is one of the happiest places in the world.  It is all because of the seventeen children who make up Room 115.  Email me with any questions or concerns you may have.

PIcking the Perfect Pumpkins