Nonfiction Writers Squeeze Their Brains

Dear Families,

It was wonderful to see all the smiling faces happy to be back at school this week!

Today we said goodbye to Miss McMorrow.  We are going to miss her and all the help she provided in the classroom.  Thank you for the generous donations for her book bag.  She was very touched by the thoughtfulness.

This week we began a new nonfiction unit in Writing Workshop.  Children chose a topic they know well, and began writing a book.  During our mini lessons we looked at mentor texts for craft moves that we could try out in our own writing; like a table of contents, diagrams with labels, bold words and definitions.  We also learned how nonfiction writers reread their writing and then think, "what else could I say?"

During math we continued our work with subtraction by playing dice games, completing equation worksheets and by "shopping" for books.  Each student was given '$100'  or '$50' to spend on books from a Scholastic book order.  The students loved being able to choose their own books, and couldn't believe this was math!!

We enjoyed our November, Fact or Fiction share.  Look for a new sharing topic letter and calendar for the month of December in your child's folder today!

Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
~The Ember Stone
~Watching Frosty for an all school celebration
~Get Close to Zero with Six Rolls
~The snowball greeting
~Fast changes vs. slow changes

Have a great weekend!
Katie