Monday, November 12

Monday, November 12

Letter Study: Rr
 Popcorn Word: for

Reading Skills: The Life Cycle of a Frog
The children will be exposed to a variety of skills with this big book:
~Build academic vocabulary and concepts related to frogs.
~Determine text importance.
~Use a graphic organizer.
~Identify nonfiction text features: table of contents and glossary.

Writer's Workshop: Noticing Details...Characters Have a Setting

                                      DAILY 5

Math: Measuring
The other day the children measured with small cubes.Today they are measuring with large paper clips. Again, the skill they are working on is lining up the paper clips at the starting point of the object and count accurately.

Music Today
  Computer class today.

                                             
Our focus today will be on what it means to be brave or courageous. The children will receive a small paper booklet that explains what Veterans Day is.
                       The children will glue and assemble the parts to make a military person. 
 ~Iraqi War Vet, Sean Nies has sent a video to us today explaining what a Veteran is and what his job was when he served. Sean is a Seabee in the Navy. His rank is First Class Petty Officer. He was deployed to Al Taqaddum, Iraq. His wife is a former teacher here at MLE. 

~Late start tomorrow...The children should wear their Irish Pride shirt.
~The book order is due Wednesday. Again, your sponsored book this month is:

~All of the kids, BIG and little together...priceless...