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- Tuesday, November 11th – Veterans Day and NO School for Students
- Tuesday, November 25th– Alumni Kickball
- Tuesday, November 25th- Thanksgiving Lunch, and Early Dismissal at 12:30 – NO AFTERCARE
- Wednesday – Friday, November 26th-28th – No School
This week has been calm and soothing for our little explorers. The classroom buzzed with curiosity as children rotated through each discovery station. From art to numbers, building to dinosaurs — no station went untouched! Using simple, open-ended materials allowed for creativity to flow and for kiddos to connect deeply with their learning.
Phonics
Miss Arden’s Reading Group:
Our readers focused on the difference between C and K — when to use each letter depending on the vowel that follows. The saying goes, “K takes i and e, and C takes the other three!” Ask your kiddo if they can draw you the pictures that help them remember when to use each one!
Miss Hanna’s Reading Group:
We dove into vowels this week! Students learned how to identify vowels and even started coding words. Ask them to show you how to “code the bat” — they’ll love demonstrating their new skill!
Miss Lori’s Reading Group:
Our focus has been on distinguishing between b and d — a classic challenge for early readers! Kiddos practiced tapping out words to figure out if they begin or end with b or d.
Earlier in October, we began reading a chapter book together called Mercy to the Rescue! Every Tuesday and Thursday, we gather on the carpet to find out what Mercy—the pig who loves toast and adventure—will do next. We finished the first book, which had 12 exciting chapters, and are now enjoying the second story, Mercy Goes on a Ride! The kiddos are doing a fantastic job recalling details and sharing what they remember from each chapter!
We truly have some young readers in the making!
Math
This week in math was all about numbers! We worked on building confidence with numbers 1–20 — reading, writing, and identifying them quickly.
On Tuesday, we gathered our ballots from our goose voting activity and learned about tallies! Kiddos discovered that a group of five tallies makes a “fence post.” (And in case you were wondering — number 4 won!)
Wednesday was game day! We played Number Bingo and Number Family Feud. Kiddos buzzed in to identify numbers on rocks — it was full of energy, laughter, and learning!
Provocations
We took a gentler pace this week — wrapping up old projects and beginning to brainstorm what’s next. The big question for our curious learners: Should we continue with our bug studies, or explore something new?
On Monday, we bundled up and went on a leaf hunt around Hamilton Blvd. Kiddos collected colorful treasures that inspired our Wednesday art project!
Tuesday was Election Day, so we read “I Voted” by Mark Shulman and discussed why voting matters — even in our classroom community. Then, students cast their votes for the name of our class goose. The choices were: Summer, Sparkles, Rosie, and Clever.
🥁 Drumroll… our class goose’s new name is CLEVER!
On Wednesday, we read “If You Find a Leaf” by Aimee Sicuro and created beautiful, imaginative leaf art inspired by the story.
Rory – “A Tree”
Emma – A four leaf clover and a flower”
Moxley- “A Tree”
Bria- “A Rainbow”
Izaak – “A Trumpet”
Lucas- “A Sword and a boomarang”
Stylee – “A Boat”
Kipton – “A water slide”
Mylah – “A sailboat”
Henry- “ hot air balloon”
Leonardo – “A Fish”
Addison- “The Sunshine”
Ollie – “A Spooky Mask”
Wendell – “A Trumpet”
Noah – “A Four leaf clover and a flower”
Sophia -An Umbrella with a heart above my family”
Alyx – “A Horn”
Lola -”A rainbow”
Daxton – “A Tree”
Evelyn -” A Flower”
Bradford – “An Airplane”
Bodhi – “A Tree”
Hailey – “My Family”
Scarlett – “A Rainbow”
Finally, on Thursday, we revisited our Pumpkin Landmarks project and began sculpting them out of clay. Stay tuned for the final results — they’re looking amazing already!
It’s been a wonderfully calm and creative week of discovery, exploration, and growth. We can’t wait to see what next week brings!
See you Monday with a chance of snow!
Miss Hanna & Miss Arden
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