Week of November 9, 2020

Please Note

- Thanks for meeting last week.  It was great to connect with all of you!  If you find you have any additional questions or concerns, please let me know.  Thanks!

- Our Virtual Monthly Mass for November will be on Tuesday at 9:00 am. You are welcome to join us via the SKS Parish YouTube link!

- Chapter 4 Religion test will be on Friday. A study guide will be sent home on Tuesday.

- Our class will record their Christmas Concert song this Friday. Please send them to school dressed in their Christmas/Sunday best. They will not need a change of clothes. 

- There is no school on Monday, November 16th.

- Please make sure you have the apps Seesaw Class, Starfall, IXL and Kids A-Z downloaded for your child at home. All of their Login information is on the one paper which was already sent home.  Please let me know if you need another copy.  It is a good idea to start checking their Seesaw account weekly to see what we are doing in school and for help with assignments I have sent back to them for corrections. Kids A-Z is great for reading at home.  They can choose a level they are comfortable with, or they can level up and listen to stories.  IXL is great skills practice for both Reading and Math.  Starfall has both reading and math practice, too.  If they have finished what I have assigned, they can chose other activities on their own.  The kids know how to use all of these. Doing this at home now will also be good practice for the two virtual days after Thanksgiving.

- Instead of using the original Zoom link for Guest Reader, please sign in to Google Meet with your child's Google information, which can be found on their Login paper.  Our class meeting code is mthornton3.  You will be able to enter once I start the meeting.  Here is the link to sign up for those who have not signed up yet.  Please specify 12:30 or 2:00 in the comments.  There are enough slots for each family to choose 2 dates.  Please choose a few books and plan to read for about 20 minutes.  I prefer to read, and then share the pictures, but you can do whatever you are comfortable with on screen.

Have a great week! 

Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 4 and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "A Cupcake Party"

Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)

Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nt, -nd, -st, -sk

Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms

Sight Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take,

Spelling Words: sun, bus, but, run, fun, us

Math
This week we will learn about Fact Families and practice relating addition to subtraction.