Reading

Our main story this week was called "The Pigs, the Wolf, and the Mud." The skill we worked on this week was plot. We talked about what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Our second story that we read this week was called "The Three Little Pigs." Once again we focused on the plot of the story. We also talked about the characters, problem, and solution of the story. The last story that we read this week was called "The Squeaky Floor." We completed a plot story map together. 

                                                                  Grammar

 This week we focused on common and proper nouns. We learned that proper nouns have to be capitalized and that they are the name of a person or place. I also told them that proper nouns can be more than one word. We did practice writing sentences, though. Please continue to remind your child to start their sentence with an uppercase letter and end it with a period.

                                                                  Phonics

 This week we focused on CVC words with short u. The kids practiced many short u and other short vowel words on their white boards. We also had our Wilson Ch. 4 test. 

                                                                 Spelling

  This week the Spelling words were short u words. We focused on CVC words with short u. The kids did very well on their test on these words. Many of them also spelled the word "could" correctly. I was proud of them. 

                                                                Math

  We continued on with Ch. 3 this week. We learned how to solve doubles problems. Please make sure that your child knows what 6+6, 7+7, 8+8, 9+9, and 10+10 are. We also talked about doubles plus one, and doubles minus one. We also worked on some addition word problems. Please make sure that your child is practicing their addition Math facts up to 20.

                                                       Social Studies/Science  

  We focused on Social Studies. We talked all about veterans. We watched a video called "Thank You Veterans." We also completed a November calendar page and a worksheet called "Do you Know a Veteran?"

                                                                Religion

  This week we focused on all of the saint projects. I think that I was more nervous than they were. Everyone did a good job. No one really seemed nervous at all. I liked how some of the questions were focused on what the saint's feast day is, and what the saint is the patron saint of. All of the projects are outside my classroom. If you are in the building by my room, come by and take a look.