Hello November!

One of the most popular books in our classroom for the past several weeks has been a homemade book of our Halloween costumes, plus the repeated use of the word "see."  In case all of Room 114 showed up at your door on Halloween night click here to see who we would be. 

Monday is Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00.  Please return library books and poetry journals.

  Our poem last week used our high frequency word "see" and another kind of "sea."  We learned the rule of when two vowels are right next to each other, the first one does the talking and the second one does the walking.  Look for a handout in Monday's binder about how we are learning more than just one letter a week in reading and how to help us at home.

In math, we are still working with the number 10.  Our October calendar pages came home last Friday.  In the month of November we will be working with the beginning stages of addition in our calendar notebook. 


We have a lot of birthdays in the next few months.  I wanted to remind that birthday invitations cannot be distributed at school.  A class directory was distributed and emailed  earlier in the fall.  Contact me if you need another copy.

Last week in reading we read a book called Nature Spy.  We took our learning outside one day and became nature spies ourselves.  Check out the photos of spying experiences by clicking here.  A magnifying glass is an excellent tool to have at home.  In the past, Kazoo Toys sold a solid magnifying lens and use your Blount spirit card for a discounted price!

This week in reading we will be working with the letter Pp.  High frequency words will be:  then, you, of.  For Halloween, I took the teacher route and passed out literature when Room 114 came knocking on the classroom door looking for treats!  It is a classic and fun to read and act out.  Check out the school Halloween treat photos by clicking here.

There will only be fifteen school days in November.  Time is going to go by quickly.  We are going to spend each day in November talking about Thanksgiving and the importance of gratitude.   I hope you spend the month of November counting  your blessings and keeping Christmas until December. 

We are planning for a fun filled and thankful Thanksgiving Crafternoon on Friday, November 14.  Thank you for supporting our Crafternoons from at home or volunteering in the classroom.  Contact me or the room parent for more information on how to help out.

What a wonderful day at the Pumpkin Patch.  The weather was perfect, the patch was organized, the parents were wonderful and the children were well behaved.  Thank you for making sure our morning started out smooth!  You guys make my job easier.  Enjoy these photos from our field trip to the pumpkin patch by clicking here.

Upcoming events:
11.11:  No school in observance of Veteran's Day  
11.14:  Room 114's Thanksgiving Crafternoon  (classroom set up begins at 1:15 and the Crafternoon with the children will begin at 1:45)
11:19:  Pilgrim/ Native American lunch (10:45-11:10)
11.20  Pilgrim/ Native American lunch (10:45-11:10)
11.24 - 11:28:  Thanksgiving Break - no school