Dear parents,

Greetings! We hope you and your families stay healthy and safe and enjoy this holiday season!!

We will have a Parent-Teacher Conference in November. It is optional. A sign up sheet for the conference will be posted on the door of our classroom. A hard copy of your child’s assessment will also be sent home on the conference day. The kids are doing a fantastic job at school, socially and academically.

In November, we are not going to have a Thanksgiving Party for families. However, the kids will learn about and celebrate this holiday in the class.

Important events in November:
· Parent-Teacher Conference,  date TBD
· Tuesday 11/01, Eli’s birthday. Happy Birthday to you Eli!!
· Thursday 11/24, Thanksgiving Day. Happy Thanksgiving!!
· Friday 11/25, Black Friday. School Closed.

November Focus:
Language Arts:
· Sight Words Level A
· Recognize and produce rhyming words
· Understand the print concepts
· Count syllables in words
· Consonant sounds and letters
· Read Aloud:  Then and Now for Reading Street  (YouTube)
                        Hi! Read, Stick & Learn about Farm Animals by Emmanuelle Fojt
                        Farm Animals by Joanne Mattern
                        A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving by Various DVD
                        The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone                       

Mathematics:
· Count‌ ‌Numbers‌ ‌to‌ ‌100 by 1s and 10s
· Addition and Subtraction

Science & Technology:
· Life Science: Animals/Trees
· Robotics: Mart-bot and more

Social Studies:  
· Life Long Ago and Today

— Ms. Guoli and Mr. James