Thanksgiving Recess

We are so thankful for working at a great school with awesome kids and families! Wishing you all a joyous Thanksgiving break - see you on Monday!

Math & Literature

Here are some great counting books you can find in your local library. Have your child count the objects on each page. These books can also provide a good context for posing addition or subtraction problems such as "There are 7 birds on this page. How many would there be if 4 more birds came along?"

Ten in Bed, Penny Dale
Fish Eyes, Lois Elhert
12 Ways to Get to 11, Eve Merriam
Uno, Dos, Tres, One, Two Three, Pat Mora
From One to One Hundred, Teri Sloat
Math-Terpieces, Greg Tang
Count on Your Fingers African Style, Claudia Zaslavsky

School Wide Morning Meeting

Join us Monday Morning in the auditorium for a School Wide Morning Meeting! :)

Harvest Festival

Please join us on Tuesday, November 24th for our annual EVCS Harvest Festival.  We will gather around 9:15 in our school yard. After our gathering activities, we will deliver our collected cans to Trinity Lutheran's soup kitchen.

Dreambox

Our school has purchased DreamBox Learning's Math Program, an online, Intelligent Adaptive Learning program that helps all students achieve better, faster math proficiency.

Our students can access DreamBox Learning from any computer, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!  We will be playing DreamBox in school, and your child can play at home (as long as they use the same account).


We will send home more information soon! 

Family Morning - This Friday 11/21

Join us this Friday for our 3rd Family Morning.  We will share a potluck breakfast together, continue getting to know each other and building our classroom community.  Make sure to sign up on google drive!

Looking forward to seeing you all there :)

Next Up in Writing Workshop: How To Books

Next week, we will launch our next writing unit - how-to books!

Our students come to school knowing so much. From constructing forts to playing games to navigating the dynamics of friendships. This next unit on writing how-to books will provide the opportunity to show our students that they are all experts at something. Further, they have the power to pass that knowledge onto others. The unit frames students as experts, rallying them to teach their areas of expertise through writing. We can't wait to see what knowledge they will decide to impart on others!