11.3 - Field Trip

11.7-11.11 - Thanksgiving Food Drive for ACO

11.9 - Picture retake day *more info listed below

11.11 - Veteran's Day Assembly

11.17 - Registration deadline for Cheatham Science Fair *more info listed below

11.17 - Spirit Day at Chick-fil-A

11.18 - Early Release @ 12

11.21-11.25 - Thanksgiving Break

12.16 - Early Release @ 12

12.19-1.3 - Winter Break

Reading:

• I can read, stop, and talk to myself about what I am learning.

• I can use text features to help me learn about my topic and think about why the author included them.

Writing:

• I can imagine the questions readers might ask about my topic and answer those questions in my writing.

• I can add special techniques to my illustrations to help my readers learn.

Word work :

• I can read and spell words with short vowels spelled CVC and long o spelled CVCe.

Math:

• I can use strategies to add and subtract numbers up to 10.

• I can explain strategies I used to add and subtract numbers up to 10.

Science:

• I can record weather information, including relative temperature such as hot or cold, clear or cloudy, calm or windy, and rainy or icy.

• I can identify characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night.

• I can demonstrate that air is all around us and observe that wind is moving air.

• I can observe and record changes in the appearance of objects in the sky such as the Moon and stars, including the sun.

Social Studies:

• I can understand the president's role in the government.

• I can explain the importance of celebrations and what they symbolize.

• I can understand having to make choices between my needs and wants.

SEL:

• Lesson #2 - Focusing Attention

  • Name and demonstrate the Listening Rules

  • Demonstrate attention skills in the context of a game

  • State typical classroom verbal cues that request student attention

• Lesson #3 - Following Directions

  • Students will be able to demonstrate listening and following directions within the context of a game.

• Lesson #4 - Self-Talk for Learning

  • Students will be able to demonstrate self-talk strategies for remembering directions.

• Lesson #5 - Being Assertive

  • Distinguish an assertive request from a passive or aggressive one

  • Identify assertive posture and tone of voice

  • Demonstrate assertive communication skills in response to scenarios

• Lesson #6 - Identifying Feelings

  • Students will be able to name feelings when presented with physical clues.

• MATH:

  • Practice adding by using a collection of 10 objects. Split the objects into 2 groups. Say or write a number sentence to represent the groupings of objects. For example, "I have 10 straws. I can split the straws into groups of 5 and 5. So, 5+5=10." Put the piles back together again in a different way. Repeat until all possible combinations are found.

  • Practice skip counting by arranging a collection of up to 120 objects into groups of twos and skip count by twos to determine the total number of objects. Continue practicing by arranging and counting objects by fives and tens.

  • Recite numbers forward and backward up to 120.

  • Practice counting like coins. For example: 5 pennies, 3 nickels, 2 quarters, or 6 dimes.

• ELA:

  • Read a self selected book.

    • If the book is fictional, think about the story elements. Characters, setting, problem and solution.

    • Think about how you could change the ending to the story. "How would you change the ending?"

    • Think about your favorite part of the story. "What is your favorite part and why?"

    • Think about the author's purpose for writing the story. "Why do you think the author wrote this story? Why do you think it was important for the author to share this story with you?

Order your yearbook by Friday, November 11th and save! $25 online at Jostensyearbooks.com (price increase after 11/11)

Fall picture retakes will be on 11/9. If parents would like to have their child’s picture retaken, they must send back their picture packets from 9/28.

The students who were absent on the original picture day will receive a little camera card with the QR code on it that parents can scan and order after photo day. They will also receive an email with their student's photo proof and can order from that email as well.

Calling all scientists!

It’s time again for the annual Cheatham Science Fair. If your child is interested in entering, please click on the following link to register and find out more information. registration deadline is November 17^th (virtual projects are due November 30^th and the physical displays are due at school on December 5^th). You must register to enter a project in the science fair. Please contact Courtney Knight at courtney.knight@allenisd.org if you have any questions.

Thank you and Happy Science-ing!

Courtney Knight