Food Drive Starts This Week

Important Dates:

Wednesdays: library
December 14 - early dismissal
December 5-19 Canned Food Drive
December 15 -  Winter concert

Morning Meeting:
Thank you so much to everyone who was able to come to our morning meeting last week! The kids and I talked about it all week long. One student even wrote about it at writing time. We loved sharing our morning routine with you and as you could see, we love
singing together!

Canned Food Drive:
From now until December 18, JFK will be collecting nonperishable foods that will be donated to the food shelf. See the photo for more information.


Go Noodle:

Go Noodle is a website we use in the classroom for our movement breaks. I sent home info about kids creating their own Go Noodle Champs at home and then we can connect those champs with our school account! In case you missed it, here is what to do:

Go to gonoodle.com/class-code and enter this code: GZDMNF 

Literacy:
The big focus this week as been figuring out tricky words. The students are learning how to tap out the sounds they know, use the pictures, try it two ways, and think if it makes sense.

During partner time, the students give clues to each other, helping partners use the above strategies, instead of just giving the answer.

Math:

The class worked on a lot of review work today, getting ready for our math assessment for the math unit. I can't believe how hard everyone worked! We offered academic choice on Thursday, letting students choose which strategies and concepts they wanted to work on. Those mathematicians did a ton of of work that day... most ended up reviewing several different concepts. They did not want the work period to end! This coming week we start our measurement unit.