November 17, 2020

-- Weekly Newsletter Room 124

Mrs. Schreiber
lschreiber@npusc.k12.in.us
School: 654-0487
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Mark Your Calendar
Reading: Animal Poems
Our last weekly lesson in this unit will take us through the November 17/18 – Interim Reports Sent Home
elements of a rhyming poem. We will learn about how November 18 – PTO Meeting via Zoom 6pm
details in poems help us understand and author’s November 23-27 – Thanksgiving Break-No School
feelings, as well as doing more work with multiple
Nov 30/Dec 1– Book Orders Due! (see below)
meaning words. In Kendore, the next phonics unit covers
silent e words, so all spelling words will follow that
pattern.
Language/Writing: Nouns, ctd
Our last lesson in the nouns unit will cover possessive
nouns. We will focus a lot of attention on using
apostrophes for showing ownership, NOT when making
nouns plural.
Special Student:
Math: Lesson 12A/B: Comparing 3-Digit
Numbers Alina Konieczny
After break, we will begin a combined unit on Lesson 12A Alina is 8 and her birthday is in February.
and 12B. These lessons cover understanding 3-digit She likes to color, do arts and crafts, and
numbers as they relate to each other, using greater playing with her kitten. She is really good
than/less than/equal to. Strategies for understanding this
skill will include using place value and number lines to
at soccer and helping at home with her
determine number order. We will work on these Lessons siblings. She would like to visit California
until Christmas Break. and Poland, and someday she wants to
Second Steps: Lesson 8: Respecting Differences be a teacher!
In Second Steps this Friday, the lesson will cover how empathy
helps you notice when others have different preferences than
you, and how respecting those differences will help you get
along with others.

Notes from the Teacher:

• Nov/Dec book orders were sent home last week. f you would like to order, please send your order in to school, with a check
to Scholastic, by November 30/December 1. Or, you may order online at www.scholastic.com using your credit card. Our
class code is GVQ7K. Also, as we near the holidays, I am always happy to play elf for you if you would like to order books as
gifts for your child! If you want me to keep the books hidden, I can set them aside and let you know when they arrive for
pick-up. Just let me know!
• Due to professional development meetings this Friday, I will be having less chats this Friday for Zoom.

Weekly Words
Next week’s sight words:
No new words in the next list
Next Week’s vocab words:
Behave, flapping, express, feathers, poem, rhythm, rhyme, word choice