STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Gold

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Ms. Livesays Class News
Week of October 29 November 2
Current Events We visited the
Indianapolis Zoo in the Distance Learning Lab and
saw the presentation Not-So-Scary Animals. They
learned about bats, sharks, snakes, rats, and
cockroaches. This event focused on understanding
the unique characteristics of animals so that
they are not so scary to the children. They were
very well behaved, asked great questions, and had
good participation. In Saxon Phonics, we had the
letter Ss. The children used their artistic
talents and painted a seahorse with watercolor
paints. They made a cute 3-D project of a
scarecrow. On Friday, we all enjoyed our Subway
sandwiches for lunch! This week in Math, they
worked on the AB pattern, position words such as
after, before, and between, pennies, and problem
solving. They also are finding the missing shape
and adding objects. In reading, we read the book
On the Go. Our song was The Wheels on the Bus
and poems were Go Iguana and My Bike. We
read a Japanese folk tale called Timimoto. The
vocabulary words were travel, journey, and sound
words. Our high frequency word was go. They
also had the letter Ii in phonics. Native
Americans have been the focus in Social Studies
this week. The children will be working on this
unit for the next two weeks. We will be making a
large teepee for our classroom. Also, we will
celebrate Thanksgiving by having a classroom
feast. More details to come! We will be
honoring our Veterans on Nov. 9. Please come and
join us. We finished our 17 page book called
The Road Trip. Each student gave directions to
explain how to get to his or her home. The book
also has their illustrations. It is really cute.
Copies are being made for each child. I hope
you enjoy it.
Specials/Upcoming Events November 9 Veterans
Program, 130 End of the 2nd six
weeks November 14 Feast Party PTO
Meeting at 330, art room November 15/16 Parent
Teacher Conferences ½ days Report
Cards November 19 Vision Test November 20
Awards Program, 830 November 22 23
Thanksgiving Break November 26 Picture Retakes
November 30 Celebration Day
A SPECIAL THANK
YOU! We had a wonderful fall party! Thank you to
Mrs. Truncone, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Adams, Mrs.
Maynor, and Mrs. Blaydes for the wonderful treats
and games. Great Job! Thank you for your
correspondence in setting up the Parent/Teacher
Conferences. I look forward to meeting with you.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT! Gold Black Awards
Mia, Marshall, and Hannah! WAY TO GO! Joss
really likes playing on a soccer team! All the
students enjoyed writing our classroom books. Ty
W. and Bailey did a great job of writing the
titles. Ethan, Elizabeth, Alexis, and Ty G. did a
nice job of drawing pictures for the covers!
Everyone did a great job on their handwriting and
illustrating the story. Important Information
Book It for November is due on
the 15th. Please make sure that your child has a
jacket, sweatshirt, or coat and
hat/mittens/gloves for recess.