News for the Week

Announcements:

As the weather becomes colder please make sure children have appropriate gear for lunch recess. We go to recess at 10:45 and it is still very chilly. Please label coats, hats, gloves, etc to the best of your ability!

Our kindness elf will begin on Wednesday 11/29 

This week

Reader’s will…

• break words into parts
• pay special attention to the beginning of words
• watch out for endings
• don't let vowels trip them up
• solve mystery words with vowel teams 

Writer’s will…

• use diagrams and labels to teach
• be brave enough to spell fancy and specific words
• use our partners to help us see what doesn't make sense
• set new goals using a checklist
• edit for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization 

Mathematicians will…

• be introduced to 10 groups
• explore teen numbers using the secret code cards
• represent and compare teen numbers
• complete a math exemplar in small groups

In science we will continue to explore animals and their adaptations. We will look closely at how animals survive in the winter.  

Specials This Week:

·        Monday:  P.E.

·        Tuesday: Art

·        Wednesday: Media

·        Thursday: Music

·        Friday: P.E.

Dates to Remember:

·        11/28 & 11/30 Smencial Sale

·        12/2 Pancakes with Santa

·        12/19 Class Holiday Party 8:30-9:30 (details to come)

·        12/20 Polar Express Day (details to come)

·        12/21-1/3 Winter Break NO SCHOOL 

Readers set goals for themselves on which strategy to practice when they are stuck on a word. 

Featured Writers

Below are some pages in students informational books that show examples of twin sentences. Twin sentences help teach our readers more!

You need a bag. In your bag you need a mask and a helmet, a glove and a rain jacket in case it rains. (Teaching all about Softball)

We find decorations. We decorate with Christmas Lights. (Teaching all about Christmas)

There are different types of dance. The different types of dance are jazz, tap, contemporary, ballet, tap, and there is something called acro. Acro is a stretch class. (Teaching all about Dance)

News for Next Week

Announcements:

Please view the video at the link below from our director of curriculum which helps explain reading plans for students below grade level due to legislation. We will discuss more at conferences.
https://youtu.be/QageP9OLfjI

As the weather becomes colder please make sure children have appropriate gear for lunch recess. We go to recess at 10:45 and it is still very chilly. Please label coats, hats, gloves, etc to the best of your ability!

Lake Orion Book Drive: Do you have outgrown or unread books clogging up your shelves at home? You can put those books into the hands of young readers by donating them to the annual Lake Orion book drive! Simply bring ANY used or new books, from infant to adult, to the collection bin at your child's school. Staff will collect and sort donations and Preschool through 12^th grade teachers will be invited to select books for classroom use. Books not adopted into classrooms will be donated to local literacy programs. Our book drive has placed thousands of books in to the hands of Lake Orion students over the years! Bring books anytime now through November 28.  Thank you and happy reading!

Conferences: I look forward to seeing you next week for parent teacher conferences. If you cannot make your time or need to reschedule please let me know ASAP. Please knock when you are here, if it is your exact time, to keep me on track. I will ask you to write your child a compliment on his or her published piece of writing that is hanging outside our door either before while you are waiting for your conference or after when your conference has finished.

This week

Reader’s will…

• Use snap words as clues to think about what makes sense
• Solve mystery words by thinking of similar snap words
• Turn new words into snap words
• Become a class of word collectors
• Scoop up words to make their reading sound smooth

Writer’s will…

• Begin our all about nonfiction unit
• Tell information across their fingers, sketch, then write
• Keep readers in mind writing to answer questions
• Elaborate by writing twin sentences
• Teach with pictures as well as words (diagrams, labels)

Mathematicians will…

• Relate addition and subtraction stories
• Solve mixed problems
• Review positional words

In science we will continue to explore animals. We will look closely at how animals survive in the winter.  

Specials This Week:

      Monday: Art
Tuesday: Media
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: P.E.
Friday: Art

Dates to Remember:

• November 9th – 17th – Book Fair (send money in FROG Binder)
• November 13th – 6:15 p.m. Principal Coffee, 7:00 p.m. PTO Meeting
• November 14th and 16th – Parent/Teacher Conferences
• November 16th – ½ day for Students (No P.M. Latchkey)
• November 22, 23, and 24 – No School

Pictures from the Week:

 

Meagan and Mitchel teaching us about their expert topics

Angie and Eni teaching us how to count in Chinese during Angie's presentation All About China.

Celebrating the end of How-To writing by reading to Mrs. Burks' kindergarten friends

News for this week

Announcements: 

Webber Student Council Invites You to Help Honor America’s Veterans! On Wednesday, November 8th, we will be raising money for GI Go Fund and America’s VetDogs. Students that donate $1 or more can wear a hat to school on this day.

As the weather becomes colder please make sure children have appropriate gear for lunch recess. We go to recess at 10:45 and it is still very chilly. Please label coats, hats, gloves, etc to the best of your ability!

Family Tree homework is due 11/17 – let me know if you have any questions.

Team Mom – Maureen Bucci
email address:  buccim4@aol.com
phone number: 248-229-5010

This week

Reader’s will…

·        Check their words slowly

·        Investigate what makes a good reading partner

·        Play guess the covered word

·        Read words in a snap and add a personal word wall to their reading bag

Writer’s will…

·        Pick a how-to book to publish

·        Revise and edit their published piece using a checklist

·        Fancy up their published piece by becoming an illustrator

·        Celebrate all they have learned in how-to writing

Mathematicians will…

·        Play the unknown addend game

·        Practice with unknown partners

·        Create subtraction stories on our own and solve them

·        Relate addition and subtraction equations

In science we will continue to explore animals. We will look closely at how animals survive in the winter.  

Specials This Week:

Monday:  P.E.

Tuesday: ART

 Wednesday: MEDIA

 Thursday: MUSIC

Friday: P.E.

Dates to Remember:

·        November 8^th - Students can donate $1 to wear a hat in honor of Veterans

·        November 9th – 17th – Book Fair

·        November 13th – 6:15 p.m. Principal Coffee, 7:00 p.m. PTO Meeting

·        November 14th and 16th – Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        November 16th – ½ day for Students (No P.M. Latchkey)

·        November 22, 23, and 24 – No School

Check out the lyrics and video of our "Word Busters" song. We are signing with Mrs. Bruce's class here.

Our Class on Halloween