Week 11 Highlights

NOTES FOR PARENTS:

  • The annual P.E. C.A.R.E.S food drive started on Nov. 6.  We are asking for your help by bringing in non-perishable food items for Love Inc. in Hudsonville.  Food items to consider are canned vegetables and fruits, pasta, rice, baked beans, black beans, kidney beans, peanut butter, tuna fish, etc. (please no ramen noodles). The food drive will continue until Nov. 21.  We will be keeping track of how many items each class brings in for the food drive.  The class with the most items at the end of the day on Nov. 21 will win a bowling trip to Hudsonville Lanes and a P.E. C.A.R.E.S t-shirt. This is a great opportunity for our students to care for their community, thanks for sharing in this service project with us at Georgetown.
  • Continue practicing shoe tying at home! Students can join our shoe tying club once they show Mrs. Kuiper that they can tie their shoes independently.
  • If you would like to volunteer in our classroom, please sign up here!

CELEBRATIONS:

Quote of the Week – This week’s quote went to COLTON for always helping others!

Mystery Reader – Olivia’s mom surprised us on Friday as a mystery reader! She read Home Sweet Home. We loved hearing the story.

OUR LEARNING:

Reading– This week we practiced scooping up words in phrases and worked on taking a closer look at the beginning of tricky words.

Writing – We wrapped up our how-to writing unit this week. Students watched this video of a dad following his children’s EXACT directions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Some of the students wanted to bring extra paper home to try it with their parents!

Math – We began solving equations with unknown partners. Students solved for the missing addend by making math mountains and by clapping and counting on, looking at their fingers for the answer.

Word Study – This week we received a HUGE package from the SSDA! It contained case files with evidence bags. So far, we have solved two cases:

  • The Case of the Letter Twins, we can pull double consonants in the middle of words apart to break the word into two syllables. Then, we can put the parts back together to read the whole word.
  • The Case of the Sticky Letters, we can blend the sounds of THREE letters stuck together before a vowel to help us read lots of words.

UPCOMING DATES:

  • Monday, November 11
    • PE
    • Star of the Day: Kinsman
  • Tuesday, November 12
    • ART
    • Star of the Day: Olivia
  • Wednesday, November 13
    • STEAM
    • Library
    • Star of the Day: Alyssa
  • Thursday, November 14
    • MUSIC
    • Star of the Day: Tinley
  • Friday, November 15
    • ART
    • Star of the Day: Lila
    • Early Release

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