November 12-16

It has been a pleasure meeting with you during conferences this past week. We are excited to continue sharing the awesome Kindergarten work on Tuesday night!

Just a quick reminder:

...we hope to see you there! 

Important Dates and Reminders:
November 13: Portfolio Conferences
November 15: Packer Wear
November 16: Bookstore Celebration
November 16: Half Day
November 19: Veteran's Day Concert
November 21-25: No School

Our Veterans Day program is coming up on Monday, November 19.  We are looking for volunteers to bring treats for the end of the program.  If you are willing, please click on the link below to sign up to bring something.

http://signup.com/go/NoWVZmT

Here are the links to sign up to help with PSC related events:

Fall 2018 Teacher Conference Meals

Fall 2018 Book Fair

What's happening in our room this week? 

Reading: Last week, Reader Man left a note and special witch finger pointers for our readers! They have been working hard to amp up their pointer power. Readers will learn that every word, no matter how long, gets just one point! We will also use our snap words to make sure we are pointing correctly in our books. So far, the super readers have learned about four powers: pointer power, picture power, partner and sound power!

Writing: The writers will be busy getting ready for the bookstore on Friday! We will spend the first few days of the week focusing on writing stamina to get as many books ready for the bookstore as possible. Then we will "fancy up" or illustrate and edit our writing to be ready for publishing. We hope to see you on Friday!

Math: This week, mathematicians will continue to work on the +1 and -1 patterns. We will create poems that help us to remember the pattern and equations. We will also continue our work with story problems. The mathematicians made the connection between our writing chart and writing a math equation. We use this chart to check that we have completed each step:

The mathematicians have loved playing “Garbage” This is a card game that focuses on number order. Grab a deck of cards and ask your child to teach you how to play at home!

Science:  After building knowledge about different kinds of weather, students will be rotating through the following centers: 

• Reading Center--Students will look through books on weather to learn even more! 
• Writing Center--This center will have supplies ready for students to write about what they have learned about weather
• Photo Center--Scientists will sort, uncover, label, and title weather photos
• Technology Center--scientists will explore weather using the Pebble Go app