November 12 - 20

Hello! 

Since Thanksgiving is next weeek and we only have two days of school, I am going to give you an update that contains information for both weeks.

VOTING BEGAN YESTERDAY for the Clorox grant!! Please help PRE by voting for us every day!  Simply log onto www.vote232.com to sign up and vote.  The site was having issues yesterday, but seems to be fine now as I just voted a few minutes ago.  You can also text 1044pbf to 95248.  You can text each day but will need to wait 24 hours and 1 minute between texts.  THANKS so much for all of your help! 

Reading & Writing-
We will be studying about transportation in reading as we continue to practice 'creating images.'  We will also spend some time reviewing main idea and supporting details. In small groups we are continuing to practice and develop reading comprehension strategies.

The students will also be learning about the history of Thanksgiving, as well as, completing a writing assignment describing each child's own family gathering.  They will use their senses in their description writing. 

Spelling-
All of the words on our spelling lists this week contain "silent letters". Each word will have one of these letters' in it that is silent: w, h, b, g, or gh. The final test will be on Friday.
There will be NO spelling next week.

Math-
Multiplication Facts- The boys and girls are THRILLED to finally be learning multiplication facts. Last week they learned the 2's, 5's and 9's (see if they can teach you the hand trick or the adding digits trick they learned to help them remember the facts for 9's). This week students will learn facts for 1's, 0's, and 10's. They will also learn about patterns that help them remember basic facts.

Social Studies AND Writing-
The students will be starting a state research project this week. During this project the students will be learning about mapping and geography skills. This assignment will help teach the students a little bit more about researching as well. Tourism Day will be the conclusion of this project and will be held on November 30. The students will get to present the information that they gathered and share what they learned about the state that they each studied.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family!