Bye Bye Bears now we are into our mini Fall/Thanksgiving themes...

This is how we became a pirate...

 Centers this week....

Bear Paw Spelling

Decorating our Scarecrows with glitter

Adjective Packet

Halloween Puppets

Contraction Slides

 TNT- (Try New Things)  We made our very own LEAFKINS from real leaves...check out our cute pictures below!

Math- We are learning all about Cuisenaire Rods, making number trains with them, playing a game called "Rod Ringo" and realizing how they represent numbers.

"This is really fun are you sure we are doing Math?"

thinking hard...

Rod Ringo Game

 We also reviewed and learned about bar graphs, line graphs & picture graphs.  We took class data over our favorite foods, favorite colors and favorite sports.

How I Became A Pirate Show & Tour....Thanks Cultural Arts Committee we loved it!!!

Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho a pirates life for me!

ARRR!!!

Science:

Hands on science results...try this one at home!

Book Fair:

Buddy Read:

Computer Lab: We played Fall & Halloween Games on www.primarygames.com  check out this fun website!

Spelling Words-November 11-15th Phonics Skills: short “u”

1.       up

2.       jump

3.       run

4.       but

5.       fun

6.       bus

7.       must

8.       cut

9.       cub

10.    club

Challenge Words

11. veteran

12. Thanksgiving

13. family

14. pilgrim

“Surprise the Teacher Word”

15. ??? (This is your choice)

  Reminders:

November 22nd- SPIRIT DAY!

Starting November 27th- Thanksgiving Break

December 5th @9am- 1st/2nd Grade Christmas Music Program on the stage in the MPR

Homework: book in a bag & study for spelling test!  

*Please praise your children on all their hard work they did on their bear theme pages.  There are some bear logic and math pages we didn't finish they can do for fun at home if they want.  They were sent home on Wednesday.

 HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

Love, Melissa and Jenny