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Week of November 15, 2021


**This week’s math homework is a game to play with your child and does not need to be returned to school. Enjoy!


This week in literacy, we will…


  • Recognize and say consonant clusters that blend two or three consonant sounds 

  • Read The Great Detective, by Elizabeth Sawyer, for shared reading.  We will notice consonant clusters and inflectional endings of words. We will also discuss the sequence of events in the story

  • Read a poem titled, The Big Black Bug 

  • Write about what we’re thankful for during Community Writing time

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons


In writing this week, we will…

  • Share our opinions about different topics with others

  • Continue using convincing statements to support our ideas

  • Read the book “ I wanna Iguana” and write out opinions of the book


In math this week, we will…

  • Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into parts in more than one way

  • Record decompositions of numbers less than or equal to 10 with drawings and equations

  • Add fluently with sums to 10 

  • Solve for the unknown in an addition equation involving 3 whole numbers

  • Use strategies to add with sums to 20

  • Group and count objects by tens, fives, and twos

  • Use appropriate tools strategically

  • Look for and make use of structure


In Social Studies this week, we will continue to learn about neighborhoods.  The students will be creating a map of their choice - bedroom, house, or neighborhood!  We will also read Be My Neighbor by Maya Ajmera.  In this book we will learn about diversity and “travel” around the world to learn what it means to be a good neighbor in communities across the globe.


Important Dates to Remember!


11/18- Parent-Teacher Conferences and Bookfair

11/19- Packer Day

11/22- Parent-Teacher Conferences and Bookfair

11/24-11/26- No School- Thanksgiving Break

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