Happy November!
What an amazing beginning to the month of November! It is certainly easy to recognize the countless blessings God has given to us!
As we enter in to the holiday seasons and the second grading period, we will work on the following skills and themes:
Reading:
We will be continuing our Unit 2 this month in reading and will have a unit test toward the end of November. The theme of Unit 3 is “Changes over Time” where we will visit the past, discuss the present, and even make a few predictions about our own possible futures. We are also continuing to build and strengthen phonics skills with our Heggerty Program.
The spelling lists and phonics exercises will continue to come from the reading units as in the past and will feature the skills from each of the weekly lessons. Remember that students have started at 0 again in AR as of October 31 and now need to earn points for the new nine weeks to reach their chosen goals.
Grammar:
We will be studying nouns (people, places, animals, or things), “one and more than one” with singular and plurals, and the punctuation of special names, titles for people, and names of places.
Math:
We have been identifying and exploring flat and solid shapes. We also will continue with addition and subtraction facts to 20. I will be introducing an addition/subtraction flashcard challenge to the children as well.
The class will be discussing place value along with ordinal numbers and positions, counting patterns to 100 with 2’s, 5’s and 10’s, and even/odd numbers.
Science:
We are now into our second unit and taking a closer look at trees and plants. We had an AMAZING field trip to Laurel Hill State Park to kick off the theme. A special thank you to Park Rangers Kim Peck and Ms. Hope for an awesome presentation!!!!
Social Studies:
During this month we will recognize and give thanks to our brave and heroic Veterans. Later in the month we will participate in our First Thanksgiving Unit- a study of the Pilgrims’ lives before their journey to America, their journey on the Mayflower, hardships the first year, and how the Native Americans helped them to survive. We will continue some maps skills and our Safe Kids Booklet on Safety from A to Z.
Our Thanksgiving Celebration for grades 1-3 will be held on Thursday afternoon, November 16th, in the parish hall. We do not need food donations but would love to have volunteers to help run the stations and prep items. A reminder that all clearances need to be up to date. Please keep an eye out for more information to be sent home as time gets closer.
Religion:
In Religion class, the students celebrated October as the month of the Rosary and prayed together in the church chapel. They also did an amazing job leading our First Grade Liturgy and I was so proud of them and their hard work! Thank you so much for your help at home with them to practice their parts! We will also be discussing All Saint’s Day, All Souls Day, our Guardian Angels, and continue in our student texts learning that God is “all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good.” We also will learn that we want to live our lives to “know, love, and serve” God so that we may someday be in Heaven with those Saints.
Thank you so much for your support of our activities in the classroom and school-wide. I hope you all have a wonderful, restful, and Blessed Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Lori Holloway
