Reminders:
+Monday, November 28 is dine out to donate at L & L Pizza from 4-9 p.m. For more information, please see the flyer in the family envelope. 
+Santa's Workshop will take place the week of December 5th -8th. More information will come home soon.
+Friday, December 9th is the SFCS pep rally. Students are asked to wear their gym uniform to school that day. 
+Friday, December 9th is an early dismissal
+SFCS will have a Family Christmas Dinner on Saturday, December 10. More information can be found in the family envelope. 

This week we are learning:
+LA: My Community Heroes Week 4
Phonological Awareness: blend and segment onsets and rimes
Phonics: inflection -s /s/, /z/
Power Words: brave, expect, ordinary
Words to know: sits, me, with
Stories:  Bo and Peter & A Piece of Home
+Math:
 We will learn about patterns and finish up our chapter.
+Religion:
We are now in the season of Advent. We will start our advent journal as we prepare for the birth of baby Jesus
+SS/Science
We will start our unit on animals in the winter. We will learn about hibernation, migration, and adaptation. 




Have a great week!
-Ms. Monteleone

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating with your family and friends 

Reminders:
+Parent/Teacher conferences will take place Monday and Tuesday. Your scheduled time was sent home on Wednesday in your child's red folder. I will also post the schedule on Google Classroom. Please keep in mind that each conference is only 10 minutes. Many families have more than one time scheduled and it is important for me to stick to the assigned times.
+There is an early dismissal on Wednesday, November 23. After Care is available but only until 3:00 p.m. 
Looking Ahead:
+Friday, December 2nd is the SFCS pep rally. Students are asked to wear their gym uniform to school that day. 
+Friday, December 9th is an early dismissal

This week we are learning:
+LA: My Community Heroes Week 3
Phonological Awareness: Identify and isolate final sounds
Phonics: inflection -s /s/, /z/
Power Words: hope, wonderful, worried
Words to know: did, in, put
Stories: A Bucket of Blessings 
+Math:
We will continue to learn about 2D shapes. We also will combine shapes to make new shapes. 
+Religion:
We will discuss Thanksgiving and all that we are thankful for. We will talk about all that God has given us and the blessings in our life.
+SS/Science
We will wrap up our discussion on the First Thanksgiving.

Please see below for our disguise a turkey project. They all came out great! Thank you for your help to complete them.


Have a great week!
-Ms. Monteleone

Reminders:
+ Our Disguise a Turkey project is due back by Monday, November 14. On Friday we looked online for some fun ideas. The students were excited to see so many different disguises for the turkey. We encourage you to add things such as feathers, sequins, felt, paper, pompoms, yarn,  etc. to the turkey. We can't wait to see all of the fun ideas!
+ There will be a dress down day on Wednesday, November 16. The cost is $1. The colors are brown, yellow, and orange. 
Looking Ahead:
+ Parent/Teacher conferences will be Monday 11/21 and Tuesday 11/22. More information will be sent home soon. 
+There is an early dismissal on Wednesday 11/23.
+School will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday on 11/24 and 11/25. School resumes Monday 11/27

This week I am learning:
LA: Module 3: My Community Heroes Week 2
Phonological Awareness: identify initial sounds and recognizing alliteration
Phonics: consonant Rr  /r/  and Ff  /f/
Power Words:  busy, help, neighborhood
Words to know: ran, he, she
Stories: Quinito's Neighborhood & ABC: The Alphabet from the Sky
Math:
+ We will be wrapping up chapter 5 and starting chapter 6: two-dimensional shapes
Religion:
+Chapter 7: Ordinary Time
SS/Science
+ We will be discussing the first Thanksgiving.


Have a great week!
- Ms. Monteleone

Reminders:
+ KA will attend the book fair on Tuesday. Last week you received a packet of information in your child's communication folder. You can also find the information in the 11/02 Family Envelope.
+ Our Disguise a Turkey project is due back by Monday, November 14. On Friday we looked online for some fun ideas. The students were excited to see so many different disguises for the turkey. We encourage you to add things such as feathers, sequins, felt, paper, pompoms, yarn,  etc. to the turkey. We can't wait to see all of the fun ideas!


This week I am learning:
LA: Module 3: My Community Heroes Week 1
Phonological Awareness: identify and produce rhymes
Phonics: short and long vowel i
Power Words:  earn, safe, together
Words to know: an, it, has
Stories: Places in My Community & Map My Neighborhood
Math:
+ We are continuing with chapter 5: counting and comparing numbers 0-10
Religion:
+Chapter 6: The Church Year
SS/Science
+ We will be learning about Veteran's Day


Have a great week!
- Ms. Monteleone

Please see below for a few pictures from Halloween. More can be seen on our Google Classroom page