Friday, November 7, 2014

Week of November 10th

I feel a chill in the air!  Remember to bring warm clothes for recess.  If you need assistance getting some warm clothes for your children please contact the office at 253-0506 or email me at jill.bachand@isd47.org or Ellen Fuller at ellen.fuller@isd47.org.  We would be happy to assist you with this!

There were a variety of things honoring our Veterans at our Veteran's Day program on Friday.  We sang songs, listened to 4th graders read poetry they had written, saw a video, and honored our guests with a certificate and applause.  It was a great way to start our Friday morning!

We have three more days of Chinese left in the next two weeks.  Check out what we learned last week!  Watch the video in the "Learning a Chinese Song" blog post from November 6th.

Unity Day is on Monday.  Wear orange to celebrate kindness and understanding.  This would be a perfect day to wear your orange "end bullying" T-shirt if you had ordered one!

As part of the PBIS (positive behavioral interventions and supports) team, I will be attending a training workshop on the 12th and 13th this week.  I will not be at school at all from Tuesday afternoon until Friday morning.  Please make sure to send notes or call the office with any transportation changes.  Also, I will have quite a backlog of correcting to do when I return.  I apologize, but some of the papers might not make it into take home folders until Monday.


HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 8 will include:
  • Why is the order of story events important?-We will read "A Musical Day".
  • Main idea and details
  • Short o, clusters with l (i.e. flip)
  • The word family -ock
  • Statements
  • Sorting words according to meaning
Math will include:
  • Solve equations with unknown partners (2+?=6)
  • Addition games with unknown partners
  • Subtraction strategies
  • Subtraction stories