What a great week we've had in room 22 ! Thank you to all of the parents who took the time out of their busy schedules to meet with me. I look forward to meeting with the rest of you after Thanksgiving break.
Thank you for your patience with our new classroom website. The site is brand-new and very much under construction. I felt a sense of urgency in creating this site in planning for our upcoming "Random Acts of Kindness" project that will kick off after Thanksgiving. For a sneak peak, click here. This week we began our very exciting unit about native americans. Our focus this week was on the two main tribes that lived in New York State: Iroquois and Algonkians. The students enjoyed learning about their way of life, heritage, dwellings, and roles of people in the tribe. The children are very excited to work on their collaborative longhouse projects on Monday, November 21st. Thank you to all of our parent volunteers! This week we had our first 100% Homework Club celebration. 15 students turned in 100% of their homework for the first marking period. I am so proud! We celebrated with an ice cream party during lunch on Tuesday. In math the class took a quiz on two digit by two digit multiplication. Quiz grades have been posted to PowerSchool. Don't forget to have your child work on their math facts each night. These skills are embedded is everything we do this year! This week in writing we focused on our RACER responses. This acronym is used in formulating short and long responses to literature we read in class. The class has done a really nice job with this. We also started our third ELA skills rotation. During this rotation, students will be working on cause and effect. Next week is a short week. No spelling list will be assigned. I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family. Feel free to leave questions or comments below in the comment feed! - Mrs. Kusche
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Dear Parents,
It has been an exciting week here at Green Meadow. With Election Day and our Veteran’s Day assembly we were quite busy. In writing we worked on making holiday cards for soldiers who will be away from their families for the holiday season. The class put a lot of thought into what they wanted to say. We did an activity where I had the students visualize what it may be like for that soldier to read their words while they are away from home. Election Day results at Green Meadow were quite different from the results of our nation’s election. Hillary Clinton won 54% of the popular vote while Donald Trump won 42%. The other 4% of votes went to candidates Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. The students enjoyed learning about this historical election and the voting process. Next week we will begin our study of Native Americans. We will be looking for parent volunteers to come in and help us build longhouses on the morning on Monday, November 21st from 9:30 – 11:30. More information will be sent home next week on this exciting collaborative project. Don’t forget that Thursday, November 17th is a half day of school. Teachers will be holding parent conferences that afternoon and evening. Have a great weekend!
Dear Parents,
Happy November! We survived the week of celebrating Halloween on a Monday. Thank you to all of the parents who helped to make our Halloween breakfast a success. The class really enjoyed it. This week in ELA we read multiple passages related to the First Lady of the United States. The kids did a wonderful job comparing and contrasting these passages. Also, as part of our center work, students were given presidential candidate profiles and were asked to compare and contrast Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. We also had some more election fun while incorporating grammar through the use of presidential MadLibs. We are gearing up for Election Day next Tuesday. Green Meadow will be having a school wide election to see which candidate would win if kids could vote! Our Veteran’s Day assembly will be held on Thursday (11/10) at 10 am. Remember that there is no school on Friday (11/11) Please take note that our spelling test will be given on Thursday of next week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Don’t forget to change those clocks back on Sunday!
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