Spelling - We will not have a spelling list this week.  

Reading - All running records are complete.  Students will be starting new reading groups this week.  It is amazing how the students have grown in their reading already from September to November!  Daily 5 is one of our favorite times of day!  The students love working in the centers!

Read-Aloud - We are reading Jigsaw Jones - The Case of the Perfect Prank.

Phonics - We are learning about 4 new glued sounds.  They are ank (bank), ink (pink), onk (honk) and unk (junk).  Next week when we have a spelling list, these are the words that will be on our list.  

Writing - We are still working on our personal narratives.  This past week we wrote up our middle and our end.  This coming week we are going to work on adding details to all three parts of our stories.

We also continue to work in our November Journals.

Math - In math we worked on covering designs multiple ways with pattern blocks, adding 2 facts, and measuring with non-standard units.  (We used cubes.  )  We also had some fun with some turkey math. 

Religion - We continued working on our Virtues and Values Kindness cards.  We read out of  Christ Our Life with Brother Jacob.  We talked about our families and the Holy Family.  We are starting to talk about the season of Advent.

Thursday afternoon we spent some time outside.  It was a beautiful day!  Some students helped plant bulbs in our outdoor classroom area.  We will see how they look in the spring!

*We have two new students starting in our class today!  Please welcome Jack and Duke to Holy Cross!

*Emily's birthday is Thursday - Thanksgiving Day!  Since we won't be at school on Thursday, Emily would like to celebrate on Tuesday.  Emily's special treat - she has declared that Tuesday is Pajama Day!  :)

Have a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving!