Our Weekly Learning                        11-10-17
News and Information Keep reading for the reading challenge! Thanksgiving break will be here before you know it!  We will be out of  school the entire week of Thanksgiving. The weather has been a little bit all over the place. Make sure your child has a coat for outside recess when the weather is chilly.  We go outside whenever it is possible. Permission slips for the winter program have been sent home, please sign them and return them to school no later than 11/17/17. Thank you! Picture re-takes are November 30th.  If you would like your child’s pictures re-taken, please return their original packet by that date. Have a great weekend!
Language Workshop This week we continued our unit on the Sun and Moon. We read The Sun and the Moon. We continued learning about nonfiction text features (title, table of contents, headings, and glossary).	Math Workshop This week we continued to work on subtraction and the relationship between numbers.  On Thursday we took a test over Topic I. On Friday, we took a pretest for Module 2.
Writing Workshop We started learning how to write an informational piece. Students are working on writing an informative piece about the moon.	Word Study Group A worked on -s, -t, and -st word families.   Group B worked on -ip, -ig, and -ill word families.
Next Week Next week we are starting our unit on sound. In language will begin learning about verbs. In reading we will continue growing our reading strategies. In writing, we will continue learning about informative writing. In math, we will continue to focus on subtraction and fact families.	Important Dates 11/20-11/24 Thanksgiving Break (No School) 11/30-Picture Re-takes 12/14-Winter Program