I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break! It was so nice having a week at home with my puppy, Ollie!! I think he definitely enjoyed it too... what do you think?! My friends and I got up SUPER early Thursday Morning and ran the Gobble Jog through The Marietta Square. It was absolutely freezing, but so much fun! 
The kiddos came in SO excited today to tell me all about their breaks too. I love how enthusiastic they are :)

 

Holiday Pictures

Tomorrow we will be having Holiday Pictures! Make sure your kiddo comes in their best holiday outfit :)  If you want them to change afterwards, please send a change of clothes that are PE appropriate.

Moby Max
A great resource you can use at home is Moby Max. You can download the app on your phone/tablet or you can use the website below on a computer. Students can get on and practice a lot of different skills! They get to use this website in the classroom as well. The log-in information is their lunch number. 

https://www.mobymax.com/ga1995

Reading Night
Reading Night is coming up on Tuesday, December 5th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. There will be a PTA meeting, a chorus concert, and then reading night. (A flyer will be going home about this tomorrow)
If you would like to participate in a book swap you may send in 1 - 5 gently used books from your library at home from now until Monday, Dec. 4th. During the Family Reading Night, on Tuesday, you will be able to choose new books to you and your family. We had a GREAT turn out last year. Please just make sure to fill out the permission slip on the flyer and return to me so we know your child has permission to donate any books brought in. 

 

Writing / Interactive Read - Aloud

This week we will be researching and learning all about Benjamin Franklin! We will be using a few different research tools such as the internet, videos, and books. Next week, students are using their knowledge about Benjamin Franklin to complete the county informational writing assessment. 
We will also be working on our November writing for our writing portfolio. 

Language Arts

We are working on sorting words into categories independently, making our own categories with ideas on each one, as well as multiple meaning words.
For example, trip can mean you are taking a vacation, or your foot got caught on something and you fell. 

Math

We took our 3rd County Fluency Test. Students are doing a great job with this so far! By the end of the year, it will be a breeze. They are timed for 2 minutes on addition and subtraction problems to 10. On the back, they are given as much time as they need, with manipulatives on addition and subtraction problems to 20. 
This week we are working on missing addend word problems. This is a tricky concept and can be solved using addition or subtraction. An example is:
Amber has 13 games. Tyler has 10 games. How many more games does Amber have then Tyler.

Amber has ___ more games than Tyler.

The math equation would be 10 + __ = 13. You can also use 13 - 10 = __. Students also need to be able to use their strategies to solve these problems. 

Nov. 28 - Holiday Pictures
Dec. 5 - Family Reading Night @ 6 - 8 pm

** I will update soon when I have more dates ** 

Pennies for Paulding
You can wear your pajamas on Thursday, Nov. 9, if you bring in $1. The money raised will help support Pennies for Paulding. Lets try to get our whole class to participate. If your child participates, please make sure they are school appropriate pj's. Students should wear normal shoes - NO slippers or house shoes. 

Don't forget that it is super important that you practice reading books and sight words each night with your child! We are beginning to see the growth in the students who are doing this!! 


Time got away from me today and I completely forgot to send home new sight word lists. I have gone through and tested each child on all 220 sight words again to see how we are progressing. These for sure go home on Wednesday. 

Towers 101 Lego-based In-School Field Trip

A flyer will be going home Wednesday explaining our field trip on 11/17/17. This will be an exciting time where students will experience an opportunity to build a Lego Tower as a team. Please fill out the registration form and send in the $5 by the end of the week.

 

Reading/Social Studies

This week we are learning about Thomas Jefferson and all he did for the United States. We will be reading non-fiction books and talking about the text features the books have. 

Writing

Students finished their informational pumpkin writings last week!! They turned out so stinkin' cute! I am so impressed with how they have taken on informational writing this week! We also did our October writing for the writing portfolios you will receive at the end of the year. 
This week we will be writing a writing piece on Thomas Jefferson together to guide students in the informational writing process.

Language Arts

We are working on sorting words into categories, pronouns and making sure we are adding capital letters when they are needed. 

Math

Each of your kiddos has done an amazing job with word problems so far!! It is a lot of work expected for each problem, but they are SO proud of themselves when they have completed the entire problem. We took an assessment on addition and subtraction word problems Monday and jumped right into addition word problems involving 3 numbers. We talked about trying to make a group of 10. If your problem was 7 + 2 + 3, students should add the 7 + 3 first. This will make it easier to solve the problem. We are also starting to understand subtraction as an (Thomas Jefferson) unknown - addend problem and adding 3 numbers. Ask your child to explain a strategy they know how to use when adding three numbers. 

Nov. 7 - Teacher workday! NO SCHOOL

Nov. 9 - Pajama day for $1
Nov. 10 - Veteran's Day Assembly
Nov. 14 - News You Can Use 8:15 am/6:15 pm
Nov. 17 - Spirit Day. Wear your Hiram attire 
Nov. 20 - 24 - Thanksgiving break! NO SCHOOL