Thank You

Thank you for the wonderful birthday cards, gifts, and happy wishes on my birthday!

Love,
Ms. Gray

Gingerbread Man

KB can compare and contrast with a Vinn Diagram!

We read two different stories. The Gingerbread Man by Nancy Nolte

and the Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.

Class Projects

How KB can make America great!

Word Webs: Some popcorn words got caught by some spiders.

New Class Pet

KB voted on the name for our salamander. His name is Alvin. He will be joining us the rest of the year.

United States of America

This week we have focused on the United States of America. We have talked about the president of the USA, voting, and different building in Washington D.C. Like the Lincoln Memorial, White House, Vietnam Memorial, and the Washington Monument. KB has looked at several books about our country and our flag. KB knows what the stars are for and the stripes and I hope in time will grasp a better understanding of our flag as a symbol of our country.

Next week we will be headed up the hill for the Veteran's Day assembly. If you have a veteran or some one serving in the armed forces in your family please talk to your child about that special person.

Popcorn List 2

Popcorn List 2
KB keeps adding more and more words to their popcorn word wall.
The ones that are underlined are rule breakers. They have letters that copy cat other letter sounds. KB needs to read and write 1-34 (there isn’t a time limit on this) The words in boxes are words KB needs to recognize and read. We haven’t talked about all of these words yet, but will be getting to them in the next few months.

1. the
2. 2008
3. a
4. an
5. and
6. can
7. dad
8. go
9. I
10. is "copies z"
11. in
12. it
13. KB
14. like
15. me
16. mom
17. my
18. of “copies v”
19. see
20. that
21. to
22. you
23. am
24. at
25. he
26. has
27. on
28. with
29. for
30. his
31. was
32. as
33. they “copies a’s name”
34. or

Months of the Year

August, September, October, November, December

Days of the Week

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Number Words

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

NEW (check it out)

If your child likes being on the computer check out the links on the side of the blog! There are some great interaction sites that will have your student thinking. KB is looking at getting a smart board in the future. I hope to be using some of these sites in the classroom.

November News Letter

Reading
We are working in our Guided Reading books a lot. We are using our finger to point to the words. When we come to a word we don’t know we make are mouth says the sound and then try to stretch it out.

Sight Word Olympics
Our Olympic kick off is underway and we have our first judging at the end of the month. KB. Is on top of things and we are working on learning more letters and sounds.

Read S’more
Please continue to keep track of the minutes you and our student are reading at home. Corning Elementary has already read over 100, 000 minutes.

Popcorn Words
Words have been added to our rings. Reminder they haven’t learned these words yet in school, but will be with in the next few months. The days of the week, months, colors, and classmates names do not have to be spelled. I would like them to be able to read and spell the words they use in their own writing everyday!

Thank You
Thank you to the room moms, Sarah Lunquist and Christy Harbaugh for such a wonderful fall party!
Thank you to our Corning Fire Department for doing such a great job showing us their fire equipment.
Thanks to Kevin Yearington for coming in to be our Mystery Reader and telling us more about Fire Safety.
Another thank you goes to Chimene Cobb for being our Mystery Reader!
I hope some of you got to see Mr. Green perform at the high school. The students really enjoyed looking at all the different types of instruments and listening to the sounds they made.

Book orders
Book orders are due on Thursday, November 13 , 2008. Please do not feel obligated to purchase books. You may send in cash or make checks out to Scholastics. You may also check it out online. Our user name is leapnleaners and the password is frog.
Christmas is just around the corner so if you would like any of these books wrapped instead or kept a secret please let me know.

Science
The last few weeks with fall under way we have been looking at KWL charts. KB is able to tell a lot of what they already Know from their own background or from text they have already heard. They are able to ask questions to find out information that they Want to know. After working on it for a week they are able to gather all that information and tell what they have Learned.
Science is a large part of our world and we look at it through text and hands on excitement. We have gotten to look at leaves and parts or apples. We even got to sink our hands into pumpkins!

Fall Is Here!
The weather is getting colder please make sure that your child is equipped with the right gear to head outside. Gloves and hats are easily lost so please make sure that the items are labeled.

November Dates To Remember
Week 1 Veterans/United States B day
•Saturday, November 1st
DC’s Birthday
•Wednesday, November 5th
Early Out 1:35
AB’s Birthday
Week 2 Gingerbread Man A day
•Tuesday, November 11tth
•10:30 Activity Center Veteran’s Day Ceremony
Picture Retakes
AL’s Birthday
•Wednesday, November 12th
Early Out 1:35
•Thursday, November 13th
Book Orders Due
Week 3 Scarecrows B day
•Monday, November 17th
Sydney’s Birthday
•Tuesday, November 18th Mid Quarter
Week 4 Thanksgiving A day
•Monday, November 24th
Ms. Gray’s Birthday
•Tuesday, November 25th
Book It Due!
•Wednesday, November 26th
Early out 1:35
•Thursday, November 27th
No School/ Happy Thanksgiving
•Friday, November 28th
No School