THE PILGRIM DOLL PROJECT
The Pilgrim Doll project is due on Wednesday, November 19th. Please feel free to send the dolls back if you have completed them. I look forward to hearing the story of each special Pilgrim. I hope you all had fun doing this project. Please don't forget to send the completed research questions as well.
HOMEWORK
Pilgrim Doll Projects
Read any books at home. Our reading goal is 50 minutes each week.
(No books or homework bags will be sent to allow time to complete the Pilgrim Doll Project and to allow me to collect all books before the Thanksgiving break. If you still have any homework books out please return them as soon as possible. Books will be inventoried at the end of the year and I will be charged for any missing books.)
Math homework will be working on IXL. Please take some time to log on to IXL through our Caraway website. We have used this site together in the computer lab. Students began at the beginning of first grade practice. Students are asked to work in order of lessons on the website. They can also move to lessons we have covered in class such as Time. Skip lessons that are not familiar, such as fractions. Usernames and passwords were sent home previously. I will send this information again on Tuesday.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Pilgrim Doll project due.
Thanksgiving meal at 11:50
PTA reflection Award: 6:30-7:30
Library Day! All library books are due by Wednesday morning at 8:00.
Nov 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
Here is what we will be doing this week:
READING
This week we are diving deeper into different types of fictional text. We will read Realistic Fiction, stories where all the characters are human and the problem and the solution in the story are things that could happen in real life. We will also learn about Historical Fiction. Sometimes authors are interested in a part of history. The author might choose to make up a story that is set in the time period they are interested in. But the characters are usually made up and the plot of the story is fiction.
WRITING
We will continue writing about the Thanksgiving Story. The kids have done a great job recording facts in their own words about the Pilgrims, the Native Americans and the first Thanksgiving feast. I always have so much fun reading their stories! It is just amazing how they learn the facts and then they interpret/understand it in their own way! I can't wait for you to see their writings. This week we will put our pages together and make a nonfiction book: All About -Thanksgiving.
MATH
This week we will introduce the double strategy in addition. Knowing doubles will help us to do addition facts quicker. We will learn doubles from 1-9 and then apply our knowledge in problem solving. Once we master our doubles, we can use this strategy to do doubles + 1 and doubles +2 really quick. For example if I know 4+4=8 than I know 4+5 is just one more than 4+4, which means one more than 8.
SCIENCE
We will continue learning about different forms of energy such as light, heat and sound. This week, we will be "energy detectives" and we will examine everyday objects such as an alarm clock, a lamp, a hair dryer, and a pencil sharpener. We will observe and detect different forms of energy associated with each object. We will make observation, discuss the importance of each type of energy and record in our science journals.