November News

• November 2nd, 9th, and 16th Parent Conferences

• November 8, 2022 Election Day (No School)

• November 11, 2022 Veterans Day Assembly (wear red, white, and blue)

• November 23, 2022 Early Dismissal for Thanksgiving

• November 24-25, 2022 Thanksgiving Recess (No School)

• December 7, 2022 Full Day Wednesdays begin (through end of February)

• December 24, 2022-January 2, 2023 Holiday Recess (No School)

Ask/Talk to Your Child About

• Tell your child about any non-fiction reading you do -- e.g. newspapers, books, online information.

• Ask your child about which topics they are experts on.

• Ask your child what addition strategy they use to solve problems.

Reader's Workshop

This month we will begin our Nonfiction Reading unit, Becoming Experts. Students will grow ideas about a topic of their choice and discover the way in which nonfiction texts are written and organized. They also will connect information from one text to another to become experts on their chosen topic.

Writer's Workshop

This month we will begin our Informational Writing Unit. Students will draw on their experiences and all they have learned about the way in which nonfiction text is written and organized to write informational chapter books on topics of their choice.

Math

We are working with addition of two digit numbers within 100. We will begin with adding two digit numbers with and without regrouping using various strategies, such as hundred charts, cubes, base ten blocks, expanded form, open number lines and part-part total models. Students will develop addition strategies that further develop their understanding of place value.

Social Studies

We are continuing to explore communities. Students will study the skills of geography, economics, and citizenship in the context of learning about communities. We will learn how about natural resources are used for clothing, food, and shelter. Students will also discuss goods and services in our community and talk about how they can be a smart consumer.

Science

We will continue our first science unit, Earth: Our Changing Planet. Students will learn more about soil and how erosion and weathering happens over time. To deepen student understanding of the effects of erosion and to develop engineering skills, students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create an apparatus to stop beach erosion. In this series of lessons students will follow the Engineering Design Process to determine which materials are best at stopping the sand from eroding from the beach.