November 27-December 1

"I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its tone is mellower, its colours are richer, and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and its content." -  Lin Yutang

We began our week with new vocabulary, spelling words, phonics and Anchor Text. Our new story is an informational text titled What Do Illustrators Do? Students made predictions after taking a picture walk through the story. We all enjoyed Brain Gym this morning as well. 

Our math lessons this week will explore different ways to measure area, partition rectangles and represent data on a scaled bar graph. Ms. Devyn, our intern from SST, will teach tomorrow's lesson on creating scaled picture graphs. Other lessons this week include identifying square numbers and understanding the turn-around rule for multiplication. Students will have a Home Link each night for homework.

Our spelling rule this week features Three-Letter Clusters. Students will have a spelling menu choice each night for homework. Our spelling test will take place on Friday afternoon.

We are so excited to see "Wonder" on Friday morning. Thank you to the parents who offered to be chaperones. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, we are only allowed two parents per classroom. I will contact you today if you volunteered to chaperone. 

Have a fantastic week! :)