Week 14- November 12-15

Happy Friday KB families! I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to the long weekend. Remember there is no school Monday. Don't forget to order from Scholastic if' you'd like! Go to http://clubs.scholastic.com/home and use our class code QDR6N. I will submit book orders on Tuesday November 12^th. 

Ellie Grace is 3 months old this week!!

Here is a look at next week! Don't forget to scroll down to see photos from our week!

Spalding: Last week we learned the Er’s (er, ir, ur, wor, ear). In order to tell these phonograms apart we use our cues and this sentence “Her first nurse works early.” We will spend this week reviewing the er’s.

Sight Words: We will introduce list 5, that brings us to 50 sight words!  The words are: an, each, which, she, do, how, there, if, use, their

Literature: We will explore King Midas and the Golden Touch in Literature this week.  We will read the story and discuss the characters, setting, and plot.  It’s a good idea to ask these questions of your child while reading their books at home, too.  We will discuss the consequences of being greedy by comparing King Midas and the book “The Magic Fish.” Old King Cole will be our poem.

Math: We will continue our unit on size.  We will be measuring items, using vocabulary like “bigger, smaller, longer, shorter”.  On Friday, we will have an assessment on length and size.

History: This week we will introduce the kiddos to the Wright Brothers and how they contributed to history and science. Each child will get to make their own paper airplane and see how far it can fly. We will discuss the virtue of perseverance and how the two brothers practiced this virtue during their lifetimes. Later in the week, we will begin a unit that will lead up to the First Thanksgiving. Students will learn about Christopher Columbus and his travels.

Exploring with magnets

How long is your name?

Working on sight words!

Building castles while learning about Europe!