Thanksgiving

Calendar Math

This week we have added two elements to our Calendar Math routine. Each day we move the hands of our clock, exploring the concept of AM and PM. The idea that many of the AM hours correspond to dark, middle of the night hours can be confusing!! Also, we have stared to record the number of days that we have been in school using coins. We record the days three different ways using different combinations of coins. We are learning how to use the least amount of coins to record any given amount.

SBS Meeting

Once a month the students and teachers in the Sally Borden School come together to celebrate our connection, discuss different learning styles, and learn about successful adults that have learning differences. The seventh and eighth SBS students plan and lead these wonderful meetings. Check out the photos of our most recent SBS meeting!

Read Naturally

Our Read Naturally program is up and running! It is amazing to see the progress your children are making with their fluency through the guided practice this program provides. They have been enjoying graphing their cold versus hot reads on their own personal progress charts.

Upcoming Dates

No School: 11/25, 11/26, 11/27 (Thanksgiving Break)

Pizza Day: Tuesday, 12/1

Holiday Hope Gifts Due: Monday, 11/30

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Friday the 13th!!

We had a wonderful week! Today we had the pleasure of watching the 5th and 6th graders perform Alice in Wonderland. They did an amazing job!

In Social Studies this week, the 2nd Graders began discussing industrial communities. Using a K-W-L, we brainstormed what we already know about industrial communities. Next week we will think about what we want to know. Among the things we know:

"They make things."

"Some factories smell funny."

"Assembly lines help."

"There are big machines."

The 3rd Graders finished salt dough maps of Mexico this week, complete with map keys and compass roses. Next week we will make and learn about traditional "God's Eyes" or "Ojo de Dios."

Children were very excited this week to be given their ipods!! We have started using them in conjunction with our Read Naturally program. Next week, children will be bringing them home to use for fluency practice. We will send more information home on Monday about how to use them.

Next Week - AuthorFest!!

In connection with AuthorFest, the Book Fair will be open for purchases in the Commons before school, after school, and during recess. On Monday and Tuesday during Library times, your children will be able to fill out "wish lists" for items they would like to purchase. We ask that you refrain from sending money into school with your child, but schedule a time to visit the Book Fair with them before or after school to make purchases.

Families are invited to join us at Friends Academy on Wednesday evening for a special presentation by Bill Harley! On Thursday the second graders will work with Nancy Cote, while the third graders will work with Bill Harley. Following this, there will be an AuthorFest Luncheon. If you would like to bring your child home after the luncheon, please send a dismissal note to school.

Have a great weekend!

Writing

The children in SBS Grades 2 and 3 have been busy at work during our Writer's Workshops this week. They have been writing and editing silly stories after studying the mentor texts, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, and My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman. Here is a story that our class wrote together:

Cats don't do yoga. But one day Fuzzy the cat decided to give it a try. He saw a yoga mat

sitting by the window. No one was around, so Fuzzy scampered on over to it. Fuzzy brought

the mat next door to the YMCA where there was a yoga class going on. Fuzzy unrolled his mat

and joined right in. He did the "Downward Facing Dog" pose. He freaked out and ran to

his good friend Foofy's house!

in Framing Your Thoughts this week, we learned about the predicate of a sentence, and learned

how to diagram "bare bones" sentences.

We are especially proud of Dallas this week as he presented a book during Book Buzz at All School Meeting! Others were so impressed that they are busily writing their own Book Buzz submissions!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

*Wednesday, November 11th: No School (Veteran's Day)

*Wednesday, November 18th: An evening with Bill Harley

*Thursday, November 19th: Authorfest Day and Luncheon

(Please return your lunch order forms by 11/13th)