The big news will be Friday's Thanksgiving Crafternoon. I will let the children in on the big event Friday morning. (In the last couple of weeks, I have had several requests from Room 114 to have another Crafternoon so they are going to be thrilled with Friday's announcement.) Preparing the classroom will begin at 1:15. If you can't join us in the classroom, then please support our Crafternoon by sending in supplies to make the afternoon great. Contact Room 114's room parent if you need more information. If you are coming for the Crafternoon, park in the carpool lane so that you can be one of the first Blount families to begin the weekend. If you don't park in the carpool lane, you may be one of the last Blount families to begin the weekend.
Monday is Italian Ice for $1.00. Please return library books and poetry journals on Monday.
Our December secret money is due this Friday for $9.00. Please send exact change if your are sending cash. You have the option to pay for our May 2015 secret by sending $18. Eighteen dollars will cover both secrets for this school year.
In math, we are continuing to work with the number ten. We are also getting serious about addition. The vocabulary words for upcoming math lessons will be: add (to join two sets), plus (add to, a symbol that shows addition), is equal to (a number or amount that is the same as).
In reading there was an error last week, we learned the word "they" and not "then" so make the change in your high frequency word practice. They is a difficult word to learn so please add the change.
Reading this week will be the initial and final sound of Cc. High frequency words for the week will be: are, that, do, Due to no school on Tuesday, the decodable reader will come home on Monday.
Reading enrichment from last week. We learned the "ay" is a very cool combination of letters. When we found words that had the "ay" combination, we would put our thumbs up, tilt our head and say "aaaaaa" (Fonzie style for those of you that know about Happy Days.) There is a special person in our class that starts with the letter C that has this combination in his name. Plus one of our favorite words "play" has it. As does every day of the week. So as you are reading with your child look for words that have the cool combination of "ay."
On November 19 and 20 the children will be dressing up as Pilgrims and Indians for lunch. You are invited to join us from 10:45-11:10. I will send home a RSVP in Monday's binder. If you are just joining us and not eating lunch, then you do not need to return the form. But if you plan to eat from the lunchroom, then please return the form by Thursday. This allows the lunchroom to prepare food for the large amount of visitors that come for this day to eat with Kindergarten.
Our poem last week focused on multiple meanings. Hopefully, your child can tell you two different meanings for the word gobble. Be sure to check this week's poem because it focuses on a Thanksgiving tradition for many families.
I will be out of the classroom all day on Wednesday. The children will have a great day with our substitute. I will return Thursday.
MPS worked on their email service this weekend, especially their SPAM filter. In case you email me and don't hear a reply within twelve hours, there may be a chance it went to SPAM. So resend it. I'm going to carefully monitor my SPAM folder this week but help me out if you don't get a reply in a reasonable manner.
Remember no school on Tuesday in observance of Veteran's Day. Big, big thanks to the military families in Room 114. What a special, special bunch you are!
Upcoming events:
11.11: No school in observance of Veteran's Day
11.14 Payment due for Room 114's December Secret
11.14: Room 114's Thanksgiving Crafternoon (classroom set up begins at 1:15)
11.18 PTA program at 6:00 pm
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
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