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Week of November 10^th

Celebrating 50^th Day of School SOCK HOP on Monday, November 10^th

5:30-7:30

Dinner is served at 5:45

Children should dress like kids did in the 1950’s

Poodle skirts, scarves, saddle shoes, jeans, white t-shirts, ponytails, leather jackets, etc.

PARENTS DRESS Up TOO!

A Family Photo taken that Night as a Keepsake.

 CONFERENCES …If you CAN NOT make the scheduled Conference Time, Please email me to reschedule. .  I will have a display set up that evening.  If your conference is not scheduled for Monday, you are welcome to stop by to see our work. Please feel free to email me anytime with questions about your child or the curriculum. We continue to work in partnership on behalf of your child. 

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******Math Connects …We continue to work on subtraction and strategies.  We are also working on adding three addends and the strategies we use to solve problems. Now we are working on balanced equations, 4+6=5+5.We understand the importance of the equal sign.                                                           

Fundations: Unit 6 Base words and suffixes 

Essential Question:  What is a baseword and a suffix?  The newest concept that I am teaching is one that they will use frequently, adding a suffix (which is an ending) to a baseword For now the only suffix that I am using is ‘s’.

        cat-add the suffix ‘s’= cats

 Check out the Unit 6 Fundations pages for activities to reinforce base words and suffix ‘s’ you can do at home.

Trick words: were  are  who  what

Writing….. We are ending the Trimester with Writing Small Moment Narratives Please take a Look at the Rubric below. This rubric is used to score Student’s Narrative Writings.

       Personal Narrative Writing Grade 1-4

Personal Narrative My story is about a real event.           My writing… • includes   many details.    • stays on topic. • includes actions, thoughts, and feelings. My story is about a real event.          My writing… includes some details.          • is on topic.   • mostly ncludes actions,thoughts, and feelings. My story is about a real event.          My writing…     • includes few details.          • is mostly on topic.            • somewhat includes  actions,thoughts, and  feelings. My story is not about a real event.          My writing…    • has no details.         • is not on topic.           • does not include actions, thoughts, and feelings. Word Choice My writing…   • includes many vivid words correctly. My writing…     • includes some vivid words correctly. My writing…      • includes few vivid words correctly. My writing…   • does not include vivid words. Organization My writing… • includes a clear beginning, middle, and ending.       • is in   order         .• includes transition words so my writing flows. My writing…      • includes a beginning, middle, and ending.           • is in order.    • includes some transition words. My writing…     • is missing a beginning, middle, or ending.           • is somewhat on topic.            • is somewhat out of order.    • includes at least one transition word My writing… • is missing a beginning, middle, and /or ending.  • is not on topic.         • is out of order.         • uses no transition words. Conventions My writing is free of grade level errors in…            • spelling   .            •captalization. •punctuation .• grammar. My writing has few grade level errors in… • spelling.          • capitalization. • punctuation.  • grammar. My writing has several grade level errors in… • spelling.      • capitalization   .• punctuation. • grammar. My writing has many grade level errors in…   • spelling.   •capitalization• punctuation.   • grammar. Presentation    4  All of my writing is neat    3  Most of my writing is neat.    2 Some of my writing is neat.   1     My writing is not neat.

READING….You may be hearing children talking about Animals that help us during reading and maybe even writing. These characters and their jobs were created by Deanna Jump.  Look below and see who they are.  We are currently focusing on Stretchy Snake and Eagle Eye, but each week we are beginning to use all of our animal strategies.

REMINDERS: HOLIDAY BAZAAR at RC LaPerche on Saturday, November 15^th 8:00 to 3:00.  See you there!!!!

Feinstein Good Deed

W-A-N-T-E-D canned good donations. 

W-A-N-T-E-D….Blank Holiday Cards to send cards from our class to the troops in Afghanistan and Vets.  If we have a student in our class that has relatives overseas ,let me know  so we can send them to their divisions.