Nov. 29-Dec. 3

Language Arts:  Out letter of the week was "n" and our sight word was"and."  We read books like Noisy Nora and The Napping House in honor of n week.  Our author and illustrator of the moth are the husband and wife team Don and Audrey Wood.  We learned that The Napping House is an accumulative story that builds upon the last page, adding to the story.  We created our own book called The Napping Ocean.  This is a different VERSION...something we will talk more about in the weeks ahead with our gingerbread unit.  (Look for the gold sheet today.  We are in need of gingerbread cookie kits.  Your help is much appreciated!)  I hope you enjoyed the many products brought home from Writer's Workshop.  There will be much more to come.  We continue to make may class books for the children to enjoy at school.

Math:  We learned two new games:  Domino Match and Top It!  We will be making our own Monster Squeeze next week to play at home.  We continue to practice number problems in story form and are writing number sentences to go with them.

Social Studies:  Our Cool Tool for Citizenship this week was review of all school rules.  We focused on good manners that we can use at home and at school.  We also discussed the difference between needs and wants.  We know that there are a few things we need to survive such as water, food, shelter, and clothing.  We know that toys, candy, vacations, and trips to the movies are all things that can make us happy but are NOT things that we needs.

Notes:  Today we had a class meeting about tattling.  The amount of tattling is about 6 times a day per child.  We discussed that it adds up to be over 160 tattles a day!!!!:)  We talked about 4 rules to follow when deciding whether we need to talk to an adult:  1.  If a child is in danger, you should talk to an adult.  2.  Try to solve the problem on your own (This is a big one because all the children have been taught how to use I Messages.)  3.  Must it be handled by teacher now or can it wait till later?  4.  MYOB (Mind Your Own Business)  What I tell the kids is that if it doesn't have anything to do with you, it is not your problem.  And I like to add that if the problem has been solved there is no need to tell me.
I know we all talked at conferences that students should come to me for support, but MOST of the time these problems can be solved by the students.

Having said all of that, your kids are a JOY to have in class.  Have a wonderful weekend!