Letter N.....

This week we talked a lot about the food pyramid and how important it is to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy. When we ate our snacks (and lunch) the students were asked to think about what food group their items were from. It was a great way to apply what we are learning to a real life situation. Students took the time to think about what they were eating...and that is AWESOME! A fun (optional) activity we will do next week involves our snack time. We are trying to encourage the students to eat healthier snacks as well as to try a variety of foods. As a team, we have come up with a snack schedule for the week. We are hoping the students will embrace this idea and try to eat a snack from a different food group each day. Your child can participate each day or choose a few. It is up to you. The schedule is below. I look forward to seeing some healthy snacks from all the food groups!

Monday Dec. 3 – Grain Group (bread and cereal)

Tuesday Dec. 4– Vegetable Group
Wednesday Dec. 5 – Fruit Group
Thursday Dec. 6 – Milk Group (cheese, yogurt)
Friday Dec. 7– Meat and Bean Group
Next week we will be talking about the letter N. Students will learn about noodles, non-fiction stories, needs vs wants, meet our new authors Don and Audrey Wood, and of course continue to learn about nutrition and healthy habits.

We will continue writer's workshop  as well. This week we learned how to make lists and the students spent time making shopping lists for the grocery store, toy store, or even making Wish Lists. The class really enjoyed this activity. I am loving the excitment that writing brings!

In math, we will work on problem solving, addition basics within 5 and 10 (using objects to solve the problems) and work more with our math wall.  Assessing for 2nd quarter is not that far off. Students will be assessed on a variety of different skills. Most of the skills will still be in the beginning or developing stage for the next 2 report cards as we continue to explore and apply our skills to real life situations. Hopefully you had time to work through the math problems from the sheet that was sent home this week. The problems on this practice page are directly tied to the new common core standards. Working through these problems TOGETHER... talking about how to solve them and your child's thinking will really help them become better problem solvers. Thanks for your at home support. A new page will come home each week.

Looks like the weather is going to be nice this weekend. I hope you get a chance to get outside and take advantage of it. Enjoy!