Reminders:
Thursday November 11-NO PM Busing
Friday November 12-NO AM or PM Busing
Please start practicing taking on and off winter gear with your kids as this is something that can take up too much of our time and the more we practice the better we get. I was reminded of how close winter is getting by the chilly temps and some of the cute winter hats!
Please remember to return library books by Monday!
Continue to go over the hot lunch menu with your child to make sure he/she likes what is being served.
What we are learning:
In Bible this week we continued our study of Joseph learning how God used all the crazy twists and turns in his life for good! Just like our Bible verse, Romans 8:28, says. We watched the Veggie Tales episode, “Little Joe,” on Friday afternoon.
We were also privileged to take part in our first indoor chapel in almost two years. We had some friends from our sister school in the Philippines share during our chapel and then they spent time in our classroom talking with us about what school is like in the Philippines. Here is a link if you would like to learn a bit more about our sponsorship of a student from our sister school, GCCS.
This week we added look and see to our word wall word board which also includes A, go, I, look, see and the.
In Daily 5 this week we all had a chance to work with Mrs. Arnold, practicing reading and letter sounds. We also worked on writing, read to self and making letters and words with our word work materials.
During writing workshop we continued to work on labeling and drew an “aerial” view of our room and labeled it. This was also a great way to learn about maps and how they might look.
In Phonics this week we practiced saying things in slow motion. We first had fun doing our bodies in slow motion and then we practiced saying words in slo mo and listening for sounds. We also did some syllable review.
We started unit 2 in math this week beginning with finding groups of five. We circled groups of five and also practiced counting by adding on! I call it the “short cut” way to count!
During our free Wednesday afternoon we went outside and explored God’s world. We did leaf rubbings and then measured our leaves with unifix cubes and counted how many seconds it took for them to fall to the ground!
Nathan VanEnk was Up in Lights this week. It was so fun to learn all about Nathan and his mom even brought in his pet turtle. We also read Nathan’s favorite book and sang his favorite song! Nathan adds a wonderful smile and lots of joy to our classroom!
