Nov. 13, 2015

11-13-15

          

KB News

Lead 21–Literacy: Home and Family. Unit theme “What makes a home?”  This week we focused on the question, “Why do we need a home?”

Math: This week we worked on one to one correspondence with the numbers 1 to 8.  The students had fun with an activity called “Cornucopia Counting”.  The children glued the correct number of Magic Stars in the cornucopia with the corresponding number.

Writing: We read the story titled I Went Walking  by Sue Williams. The children discussed how authors observe the world and then write about what they notice. As a class the children generated a list of things they observed just in our classroom.  From the list the students then created their own stories.

The words I, see, the, and a were displayed on to the word wall in our classroom. The students were able use the word wall as a reference when they wrote their stories.

Jolly Phonics: Please continue to review letter sounds at home. Thank you for working with your child on sound books and word lists found in the Jolly Phonics Envelopes.

Guest Visitors:  This week we had many visitors at school.  A big thank you goes out to all the Veterans that were able to eat lunch with us Tuesday. We appreciate all that they have done for us! On Thursday, Astronaut Clayton Anderson visited Howard-Winneshiek.  We learned about riding in a Space Shuttle.  

Sharing: Next week please have your child bringing in something that begins with the /g/ sound.  We will be working on the letter Gg activities next week.

 

Important Dates:

         Nov. 25            No School Teacher In-service

         Nov. 26-27      No school Thanksgiving Break