The Week of November 9th

Room 21 Newsletter

1st and 2nd students will attend their field trip tomorrow, Monday, November 9, 2015. If the weather permits, they will have a picnic lunch outdoors. Please make sure that your student is dressed appropriately for the weather.  

Wednesday is Veteran's Day and the school will be closed.

PTA Read-A-Thon begins November 9th. Watch for news regarding this annual event that helps to raise funds for our school! This year, the funds will be used to purchase Readers Theater kits. Students who raise more than $100 will receive a gift certificate for the Book Fair coming up!

The Holiday Book Fair will be held in the Media Center December 7-11. 



Dates to Remember:

11/9-11/30   PTA Read-A-Thon

11/11      NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day

11/17      6:00 -7:00p The Montessori Cultural Curriculum (Humans Needs & Tendencies)

11/18      Field Trip 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades

11/19      PTA Meeting 6:30 Multipurpose Room
11/20      Dress Down $1 Pennies for Patients

11/25-29 NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Holiday

12/1       6:00 – 7:00p Montessori Language & Literacy  

12/7-12/11 Holiday Book Fair

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 24 students: 

**We are a PEANUT FREE classroom.**  

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack.  

           

11/9    Jaylen

11/16  Jaeden

11/23  Ms.Marianne

This Week's Lessons : (students continue to work on previous lessons)

Language/Reading

Sight Words

Classification

Alphabetical Order 

Root/Prefix/Suffix

Writing Across the Curriculum

Writing a paragraph- Topic Sentences/Supporting Details  

Informational Writing

4 Square Writing

Arithmetic 

Stamp Game +x-/

Golden Beads- Dynamic Addition

Hundreds Board

Rounding

Comparing Numbers

Addition with Ten Bars

Addition of Sets

Multiplication- Repeated Addition/ Arrays

Multiplication with zeros

Geometry-

The Study of Triangles

The Study of Polygons

Geometrical Solids

Science:

Rock Cycle/Weathering

Weather/ Seasons

Social Studies:

Historical Figures Research

Paul Revere

Greek Architecture

Monet

Practical Life:

Art Shelf

Table Maintanance