November 7-11

I look forward to meeting with some of you this Thursday for our portfolio conferences! These Kindergarteners have been working hard and I can't wait to show you some of their work.

On Tuesday, students will have the opportunity to vote! We will visit our school's voting booth and read a few books that explain the election and president. Information provided to students will be taken from the following site: http://election.scholastic.com/

On Friday, we will celebrate Veteran's Day by wearing red, white, and blue as well as having a parent from our class share about his experience as a veteran!

Upcoming Events:
October 31-November 8: All District Food Drive
November 10: Conferences 4-7:30pm
November 11: Red, White and Blue Day
November 15: Conferences 4-7:30pm
November 17: 1/2 day- 11:30 dismissal
November 18: Wisconsin Badger Day
November 23-25: No School

Reading: As readers, we have been working on using three powers: pointer power, picture power, and sound power to figure out tricky words. Readers will get to shop for books at their level to fill their own personal book bin this week! We are very excited for this change!  You will learn more about your child's strengths and next steps as a reader during conferences.

Writing: We will publish our final writing like scientists pieces this week. Students will check to make sure they have the following in their writing:

• zoomed in, detailed pictures
• labels
• sentences
• sight words spelled correctly in their writing 

Check the hallway during conferences to see their published pieces! 

Math: Mathematicians will work on addition and subtraction stories, equal and unequal, and learning the attributes of a triangle this week.

• We will create a mat that shows numbers 1-10. We will talk about patterns we see, five groups, and more!
• Students will build numbers using chips. They will decide if the numbers they build are equal or unequal.
• We will tell math story using pictures from the Math Expressions book.
• Students will work on position words by creating a book about above, below, next to, etc.

Word Study: We will start our sorts this week! These individualized sorts will fit the specific spelling needs of each student. The sorts focus on skills like beginning sounds, short vowels, and digraphs. Our sight words for this week are: see, in, you, big, little.

Social Studies: We will wrap up our School Study unit this week! We have learned so much about our school helpers. The last project we will do is create a school map. We will design pictures that show the different parts of our school in teams. We will take a tour of the school and build a map using the pieces we created.