November 25th and 26th

"When you love what you have, you have everything you need."

I am so grateful for my amazing class this year! Thank you to their fabulous parents as well. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

November 18-22

"November is chill, frosted mornings with a silver sun rising behind the trees, red cardinals at the feeders, and squirrels running scallops along the tops of the gray stone walls."

Students began the day by rereading Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates to themselves or in partners. Then they responded to our Essential Question about the traits of a hero. I'm so impressed with the improvement I see in students' writing over the past few weeks. Their thoughts are more organized with text evidence to support their answers. 

We'll have our spelling test on Wednesday. Students have two more assignments due before then. We won't have another pretest until after Thanksgiving break. :)

Students will have a Home Link on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Please see their homework for the Daily Learning Objective. 

Students are excited about performing a Thanksgiving play in the classroom this week. We will do some other fun holiday activities throughout the week.

Have a fabulous week! :)

November 4-8

"In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still."

Students loved reading with their PEA Buddies this morning. We won't see them again until December so we savored our time with them today. We also read Pop's Bridge and practiced creating Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast characters. 

No school tomorrow due to Parent Conferences. I look forward to seeing you all!

Spelling test on Wednesday. Students should turn in two spelling assignments that day. 

We will continue working in Unit 3 of our EDM program. Students will have Home Links on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Please see the Daily Learning Objective on each Home Link to understand our most recent math goals. 

We are all very excited about our LegoLand Field Trip on Thursday. Please remember to send your child with a lunch that day unless you signed up for a meal from the Cafeteria. 

Please remember to sign and return the gold report card envelope. The report card is yours to keep.

Have a fantastic week! :)