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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

November 2016

Welcome to my very first blog!

This has been a fabulous start to the school year. I am looking forward to meeting with each family during conference time next week. 

We just finished our first units in Reading and Writing. This is a new curriculum for the district and we all seem to be learning together. The focus for the first unit has been about how we are GROWING AS LEARNERS. We filled our wall with examples of how we have each grown and continue to grow as learners. We ended the unit with a celebration at the amount of growth each one has had. 

We are beginning November with new units in reading and writing on nonfiction. We will be studying nonfiction books as well as writing our own. Our goal is to watch ourselves GROW IN KNOWLEDGE. Each student will have the opportunity to share what they learn on our class board. I am excited to see us cover the board with all of our new knowledge. 

We are entering a new unit in math focused on adding and subtracting. I will be teaching strategies to help students with their math fact fluency. You can also help at home by practicing math facts to 20. This can be done with games, flashcards and websites you can find on our portaportal.

Thanks for helping make the beginning of the year such a success!

Ms. Kirk