Weekly Spelling Lists -

Phonetic List - Suffix s action words
shuts
tugs
tells
fills
zags
locks
quits
kicks
wins
runs

High-Frequency List - Trick Words - Words 51-60
out
them
then
she
many
some
so
these
would
other

Reading - We work in our reading groups while the class is working in daily 5 centers.  We switched to our Thanksgiving themed centers for word work.  The students are loving the making words center - they make words out of the letters in Thanksgiving.  Another favorite is the poem center.  The students read the poem and read the words on note cards.  They put the words on the note cards in the correct order.  Soon we'll be starting sight word checks and another round of running records for the end of the trimester.

Religion - We have been working out of our book.  We learned about Moses.  We learned three stories about Moses - the burning bush, the parting of the sea, and the ten commandments.  Our Promise Paper and Gospel story was about heaven this last week.  On Friday we went to Adoration.

Science - We did an experiment with puddles.  We put water in a bowl.  We kept track of it every day to see how long it took to evaporate.  It took four days for our puddle to evaporate.  We learned about clouds.  We learned about three types - cumulus, stratus, and cirrus.

Math - We worked on adding 0 and we continued to work on the counting on strategy.  We also worked on some Thanksgiving fun math.  :)

Phonics - We are continuing to work on the suffix s.  This week we are learning about the difference between a suffix s plural word and a suffix s action word.  (verb)

Here are some fun creations from the week

We made hands and feet turkeys!  We traced our feet to make the body and we traced our hands to make the feathers.

Mrs. Pederson, Vincent's mom, came into our classroom yesterday to share with us some social thinking.  We have been learning about the zones of regulation, the expected and unexpected behaviors, and other strategies.  Mrs. Pederson introduced us to the thinkables and unthinkables and some superflex thinking.  :)  The characters we learned about yesterday were Rock Brain and Rex Flexinator.  

Rock Brain gets us stuck on our own plan.  Rex Flexinator helps us think of ways to defeat Rock Brain!  We did this lesson yesterday with our kindergarten friends.  Today we met with kindergarten again and went over all sorts of strategies.  We had a great discussion!  Today I'll send home some information about these characters.

***Reminders***

*We are going to the Weidner Center on Thursday, November 14th.  Please return your permission       slips.

*Remember to pack hats, gloves, boots, snow pants, etc.  Winter weather is here!

***November dates***

Thursday, November 14th - Weidner Center - Pete the Cat

Friday, November 22nd - Early Dismissal

Wednesday, November 27th - Early Dismissal

Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th - No School

Have a great week!  :)

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

Religion - Last week we worked on two Promise Papers.  :)  Monday we learned about the Gospel from the previous Sunday (since we didn't have school on Friday) and Friday we learned about the story of Zaccheus.  We spent some time making cards for the Abbey, The Motherhouse, and the nursing home.  Brother Jacob came in our classroom and taught us about All Hallow's Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day.

Reading - Last week was the last week for the Halloween word work centers.  This week we are starting Thanksgiving themed word work centers.  As always, when the students aren't in reading groups, they are doing one of the daily 5 centers.

Phonics - We are working on the suffix -s.  We learned about the suffix card, to say the word with the baseword and then the baseword/suffix, and how to mark suffixes.  We practiced making words with suffixes on our magnetic tiles.

Science - We had a fun experiment about what to wear on a rainy day.  We tested four fabrics - cotton, cotton-polyester, nylon, and wool.  We poured water over the fabrics and checked to see if they absorbed/repelled the water.  We found out that out of the four, nylon was the best fabric to wear and cotton was the worst.  

Math - We worked on +1 facts, making graphs, and we are learning the counting on method to addition equations.

Halloween - Our field trip on Halloween was wonderful!  Our first stop was the Abbey.  We sang songs, read stories, and told Halloween jokes to the priests.  (First grade read/acted out the story Scary Party by Sue Hendra.)  We also passed out our cards to the priests.  We also got some treats for our tricks.  :)  Brother Jacob then gave us a tour of parts of the Abbey.  We got to see and hear the organist play.  It was amazing!  (and loud!)  Then we ate lunch at the Abbey.

After lunch we went to the Motherhouse.  We passed out our cards to the sisters. There we again did all of our performances.  When we were leaving we were again given some treats.

Our last stop was Oak Park.  The residents there had tables set up for us to trick or treat.  We passed out our cards and went trick or treating.  Then we did all of our performances again! We ended our time there with lemonade and popcorn.

Here are our Halloween costumes -

*November dates -

    Friday, November 8th - early dismissal

    Thursday, November 14th - Weidner Center - Pete the Cat

    Friday, November 22nd - early dismissal

    Wednesday, November 27th - early dismissal

    Thursday, November 28th & Friday, November 29th - no school

Have a great week!  :)