💡DATES TO REMEMBER
- November 8 - KINGDOM'S DAY (Wear colored shirts)
- November 10 - NO SCHOOL (Veteran's Day)
- November 21 - Field Trip at the Phoenix Zoo
- November 22 to 24 - Thanksgiving Break
- December 6 - Winter Concert
- December 13 - 15 - Half days
- December 16 to Jan 4th - Winter break
- January 2 to 3 - Winter conferences by invitation only
- January 4 - Deadline for Animal Reports
💡REMINDERS:
1. Please double check your child's uniform to make sure they still have the right length.
2. The scholars should bring the following daily:
- Water bottle with name
- Healthy and dry snacks in front pocket
- Take Home folder (please make sure it is emptied out at home)
*Your child may use the small backpack-shaped checklist of the things they need to bring to help them pack their things.
3. Please review the Driveline procedure here: directionsforparentsdrivelin.docx We have also attached the file in the resources on the right side of this webpage.
💡WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
📕 LITERATURE / GRAMMAR: We started our new unit on folktales with the African tale "All Stories are Anansi’s" and the African American tale "The Knee High Man". We also are learning how to write exclamatory sentences.
📕 SAYINGS: It could always be worse.
📕 POETRY:
The Goops (Table Manners)
by Gelette Burgess
The Goops they lick their fingers,
And the Goops they lick their knives;
They spill their broth on the tablecloth—
The Goops they talk while eating,
And loud and fast they chew;
And that is why I’m glad that I
Am not a Goop--are you?
Rope Rhyme
by Eloise Greenfield
Get set, ready now, jump right in
Bounce and kick and giggle and spin
Listen to the rope when it hits the ground
Listen to that clappedy-slappedy sound
Jump right up when it tells you to
Come back down, whatever you do
Count to a hundred, count by ten
Start to count all over again
That’s what jumping is all about
Get set, ready now,
Jump
right
out!
The Caterpillar
by Christina Rossetti
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry;
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk.
May no toad spy you,
May the little birds pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
October’s Party
by George Cooper (Stanza 1 only)
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
📕 READING: Thank you to our parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:10-11:45. Check your teacher's page below for the reading volunteer signup.
Mrs. Aguayo
Mrs. Santiago
Ms. Baines
https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/85643710095/false?popup=true#/invitation
📕 SPALDING: We learned rule 26: Capitalize proper nouns.
Students will practice at home the phonograms they haven't mastered yet. Check out the Spalding resources on this website to review letter formations, spelling/Spalding rules and phonogram list.
📕 MATHEMATICS: Students learned two strategies how to add numbers 11 to 20 by counting on and making a ten. You can help your child practicing numbers that make a 10!Here's one you can use with playing cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYywjIm--uo
📕 HISTORY: We learned about the beginning of farming and how it helped grow a civilization. We started with the Mayan civilization, learned about Maya Math and created a stelae which they used to record special events.
📕 SCIENCE: We introduced students to the Human Body unit! Students created a foldable with a general introduction of the human body and its systems. Students learned about the skeletal system! They reviewed how bones are the framework of our body, how they help us move, and how they protect our organs.