Dear Parents,
We had a busy week in Room 115! We started the week with our Halloween Parade and had a lot of fun dressing up and doing some fun Halloween projects. We spent the rest of the week talking about our families and American symbols. The students created large collages of their families and labeled each family member. This was a huge project and the students put a lot of effort into them. They look amazing on display in our classroom.
The students enjoyed learning about some American symbols. We will continue learning more about them next week and will talk a little about the election and voting process. We made a giant flag using hand prints as well as bald eagles. The students enjoyed learning more about bald eagles this week and actually did a small research report on them too! You will have to ask your child about what bald eagles eat and where they live! We started a book on American symbols today and will continue it next week. The students were excited to share what they already knew about them!
The students completed more class books this weeks, which are circulating around to different homes. Please be sure to read the books with your child when they come home and return them on the next school day. The students also completed an individual book about things they like. They will practice reading them a few more times at school but will bring them home soon for more practice.
We will start learning about the Wampanoags and Pilgrims during the next couple of weeks before Thanksgiving. I hope the students will be able to comprehend a little about how different it was to live 400 years ago. We will start the unit by reading a book by Kate Waters entitled, "Tapenaum, the Story of an Indian Boy". This book has accurate information and photos taken from the Wampanoag village at Plimouth Plantation. It is a book that depicts the lives of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags in the 1620's. We try to emphasize how different their lives were from ours, but that family was then, and is now, very important. Hopefully they will come away from this unit with a tiny bit of understanding and thankfulness for all we have today.
We will continue talking about our our families and homes. Please help your child learn his/her address and phone number. Both are important pieces of information for them to know.
The students have been working hard in math. We are still working on writing our numbers, one to one correspondence, and different math language (i.e. which is more or fewer, etc.). Please take a careful look at the math papers coming home and ask your child to explain what they learned for extra reinforcement.
Reminder: No school on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday next week.
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
PS...Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour for Daylight Savings this weekend!
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