Hi,
We had an odd week last week. I think that the time change had an effect on all of us. (including me) During a lot of the week, we were either very talkative or very sluggish. I know that this week is going to be wonderful! We will all be ready to work hard and learn a lot!
We did have a wonderful visit with many of our pen pals on Friday. Not all of our friends were able to attend, but we had fun participating in some Thanksgiving activities together. Thank you to Austen's Grandmother for filling in and allowing some kids to interview her. We made a giant class turkey which has a feather created by each child and pen pal telling about things for which they are thankful. The turkey with the thankful feathers is out in our hallway along with some photos of our pen pals. We also created words using the letters from Thanksgiving, completed some Thanksgiving math story problems, and interviewed them about their Thanksgiving memories. We made a graph of favorite Thanksgiving foods, played a game called Where is the pinecone?, played a memory game with Thanksgiving pictures, and worked on a Thanksgiving word search. Best of all, we were each able to speak into the microphone and share our fall poems aloud. The class also performed two readers' theaters about Thanksgiving. It was a busy and fun visit!
Reading-We practiced using context clues to figure out unknown words as well as to figure out the correct meaning used in multiple meaning words. We also worked on determining which statements about a passage were telling details and which statement was a main idea. We will be learning more about theme this week and will be using fact/question/response charts to read expository text about Squanto and Harvest Festivals around the world. We will also use them to help us read the Social Studies textbook.
Writing-We are finishing up our second published pieces. These personal narratives will have a great story arc (events leading up to the climax or most important part of the story then a resolution and/or reflection at the end). They will also contain an external story (what are we doing in the story) and an internal story (what are we wondering, thinking, flashing back, flashing forward, imagining, etc...). We should finish our final copies by Thursday and then will begin writing essays.
Math-We are beginning to work more with division this week and we still practice our multiplication strategies along the way. We will incorporate division strategies and fact families into story problems also. As always we will share our strategies so that we can learn from each other and play games to help us practice.
Science-We will be finish learning about heat and energy this week.
Social Studies-We will begin learning about explorers in Texas this week.
Dates to Remember:
Nov. 15 TAG Referral window opens-Go to the Forest Creek TAG website for info
Nov. 16 PTA Reflections Gallery Night
Nov. 17 Picture Retakes
Nov. 18 Thanksgiving Meal (12:05-12:35)
SEPAC November Meeting
Where: RRISD Athletic Complex 10211 W. Parmer Lane
Time: 9:00 am until 12:00 pm
Nov. 19 Boogie-O-Rama-Wear your 70:s clothes. 10:05-10:55
Nov. 24-26 Thanksgiving Holiday. No School.
Dec. 1 Walk to School Wednesday
Dec. 3 Deadline for turning in TAG referrals
Campbell's Labels for Education Contest ends (See Flyer)
Dec. 6 - 10 Holiday Catalog Stacking Contest!
Thank you for sharing your child with me! Have a wonderful week and enjoy the cool weather!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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