November Newsletter

Dear parents and students,

What a crazy month this has been. With starting reading groups, short weeks, and fieldtrips the month has flown by. I want you all to know that I have the best class. I hear other teachers talk about their students, and I am so grateful to have each and every one of my students. They are wonderful and I enjoy each one of them. They come to school each day with smiles on their faces and are willing to work hard. Give them a big hug at home, because they deserve it!

I also want to again express my deepest appreciation to all the hours that you, as parents, are volunteering in the classroom. Thank you so much for all you do!

This month is a short month with the Holidays, but let me just review a little about what is going on in the classroom.

Reading: We continue to work on fluency daily. The students will also be learning about author’s purpose, making inferences, beginning-middle-end, setting, and the different types of genres associated with our weekly stories. We are also learning about abbreviations, and plural nouns.

Math: We have begun place value to the hundreds, expanded notation, standard form, fractions- ½, 1/4, 1/3, geometric shapes- hexagons and pentagons, adding and subtracting two digit numbers without regrouping, missing addends, and ordering numbers from least to greatest. We will continue to review counting money and telling time to the ¼ hour. It is a busy month!

Science: Our plants are growing and are almost ready for pollination. Next week the students will be pollinating plants with dead bees (yes, that is right, I said real dead bees). We will then watch our plants change back into seeds. What an amazing process. We have also been working on the food pyramid. Please help your child identify the different food groups as you eat at home.

I hope you all have a great holiday weekend this month. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions or concerns. I love to hear from you. You can e-mail me at twoodland@syracuseartsacademy.org. Please use my Syracuse e-mail address for a faster response, I check it daily.

Thank you,

Mrs. Woodland