November Newsletter

Our class had our own mock election and predicted who would be President!  We also attended a candy bar debate presented by our buddy class.  After listening to speeches, we voted for our favorite candy bar and Twix won the election.  We all got a Twix bar to celebrate! 

We had fun with Thanksgiving writing and math activities, as well as several art projects.  We had a great time making turkeys with our buddy class.  It was nice time to reflect on what we appreciated about each person in our family. 

  

We are so excited that we have RAD Kids next week!  Please remind your child to wear comfortable clothes and shoes all week.  We will have our RAD Kids graduation next Friday at 9:00.  There will be more information during the week.

Our big question in reading has been "How can we work together?"  All of our stories have revolved around this theme.  We have learned about common nouns, proper nouns, plural nouns, and possessive nouns.

Our math unit is on mental math addition.  We are practicing adding two-digit numbers in our heads.  I love hearing all the strategies our smart kids come up with to find the correct answers.  They are so creative!  

We have been reading Jan Brett books this week, such as The Mitten and The Hat.  The kids loved going to her website on Thursday.  The link is on our blog.

If you still want to order books, the link is https://orders.scholastic.com/GYPDT.  If you would like to order Christmas gifts for your kids, just send me an email, and I will make sure they don't see them.  I will send in the order on Saturday.

Reading charts are due on Monday.  Remember to have your child practice with Kids' College, too.  The goal is 100 minutes each month.

Have a great weekend!

Kristen Adams

Halloween Fun

October was a fun month at school!  We had special songs and activities, and it was over before we knew it.  

We made spooky Halloween art projects this month.

We are studying place value in math.  Our next unit is money, so it would be great if you could start practicing counting money at home.  There are money lessons and games on this blog.


Our Kids' College goals have been reduced.  Students are asked to do twenty-five minutes a week, making the goal one hundred minutes per month.  They are welcome to do more than that, but they need at least that many minutes to get the PTA prize.  Our login is KCC63296.

We had a great Red Ribbon Week!  We wore slippers, boots, crazy socks, and sunglasses.  This is a picture of us wearing red on the last day.  We are holding up skeletons that we made with our buddy class.

Red Ribbon Week

In language arts, we read an amazing dog story called Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends, by Andrew Clements.  We also read Abraham Lincoln, by Delores Malone.  We are studying common and proper nouns.

We had a terrific Halloween party!  Everyone looked so good in their costumes.  Our room mothers made fun centers with crafts, games, and stories for the kids.  Thank you to Mrs. Snaufer, Mrs. Schnabel, Mrs. Hollberg, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Mogenson.

Story and Doughnuts

Halloween Bingo

Making Bat Bags

Decorating Bats

Toss the Pumpkin

More Bats

Class Picture

Silly Picture!

I look forward to seeing you at parent teacher conferences next week.  Thanks for all you do for our class.  Your kids are wonderful!

Kristen Adams
kristen.adams@canyonsdistrict.org