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Week 15 November 23rd-25th Wednesday, November 25 - ALL EARLY MINIMUM DAY (all students 8-11:10am) Loved One's Day Kindergarten Thanksgiving Performance - 10-10:30am Kindergarten Feast - 10:30-11am Please help your child practice our Thanksgiving songs and saying what they are thankful for! Parent Letter Songs 1-4 Very Fine Turkey I Like Fall Holiday Gift Shop Times Furness/Plate - Monday 11/30 - 11-11:30am Bagwell - Thursday 12/3 - EB 9:30-10, LG 10:30-11 Hunter - Thursday 12/3 - 11-11:30 If you would like your child to purchase items during our class visit, please send money in the envelope that was sent home. You are also welcome to visit the gift shop with your child after school on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Thank you!
Themes: Friends Together, Thanksgiving Language Arts: Theme: 4 - Friends Together Week: 3 Letter: Cc Alphafriend: Callie Cat Brain Words: to, a Strategy Focus: question, predict, infer, evaluate, decoding Comprehension: cause & effect, text organizing & summarizing Concepts of Print: word spacing, first letter in a written word, matching spoken words to print Vocabulary: position words, action words Phonics: blending phonemes, blending & segmenting onset and rime, decoding short a words, initial consonants Hh, Vv, & Cc Writing/Language: lists, notes/messages, class story, class newsletter Math: We are continuing Unit 3 which reviews and builds upon children's knowledge of numbers 1-10. Children learn to see one ten in every teen number. They continue working with 5-groups and making connections to their own lives by enacting addition and subtraction stories. Children sort attribute blocks showing different shapes, sizes, and colors to make repeating patterns, and engage in several activities focusing on squares. Please remember to staple the appropriate pages from the Math Homework & Remembering book to the weekly homework. Online Student Texts Homework and Remembering Activity Book: http://www.iusd.org/student_resources/Mathematics.html Houghton Mifflin Activity Link: http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/ Other: In health we will be learning about the five senses and parts of the body. Our social studies unit is called "Stories of the Past." We are learning about a wide variety of historical topics including American holidays, reading time lines, taking responsibility, telling fact from fiction, colonial life, primary resources, and Benjamin Franklin. Early Birds M, Tu, Th, F- 8:00am-11:20am W- 8am-11:10am Later Gators M, Tu, Th, F- 10:20am-1:40pm W- 10:20am-1:30pm Early Birds - 8am-11:10am Later Gators - 10:20am-1:40pm Early Birds & Later Gators 8:00am-11:20am Early Birds & Later Gators 8:00am-11:10am Please remember to check Westpark's homepage often for important reminders and events! Thank you for your support and kindness. We truly enjoy working with all of your children! April Bagwell abagwell@iusd.org 936-6447 Julie Hunter jahunter@iusd.org 936-6446 Ramona Furness rfurness@iusd.org 936-6427 Renee Plate rplate@iusd.org 936-6427 Chee Nguyen cgoh@iusd.org 936-6425 |
