Miss.

Kanes Class: Newsletter November

Math Notes from Miss. Kane And just like that snow is
The children are flying! Woah. As the weather begins to turn shoes are
working on a wide muddy and the room can be chilly. Please send your child
variety of materials
with a pair of shoes for inside and outside. The indoor shoes
and concepts. We
are moving into our may be kept at school, if you would like. A reminder that
next unit of math, sweaters and/or sweatshirts should be uniform color,
which includes fact hoodless and without logos. We are still currently looking for
families, different small toy houses, bikes, buildings, etc. to be used as models
adding and for a map making project for the second years. I can try to
subtracting strategies,
ensure you get them back, but this project will be for a
multiplication and
division, time and month or so!
money! We continue
to work on our daily
fluency through Community Meal: Tuesday, Nov. 21
Rocket Math. It is
Last year we started the tradition of a community meal as a class.
incredible to hear the This is something that is a nice experience to share as a class, it only
children say I got to furthers our sense of community and inclusion. We will hold the event
my goal! or Look with 2 dishes or 20, so please feel no pressure. The idea is a dish to
how close I am! share, this may be a special dish to your family on Thanksgiving OR
Thank you for any other day of the week. Last year was wonderful, we loaded up
continuing to work on the kids plates with tasting bites, and everyone tried a little of
fluency at home! everything. We spoke about things we are thankful for and enjoyed
each others company. Parents are welcome to come join. Please
watch your email for a sign-up link.

Important Dates:
No School, Local Election Day: Tuesday, November 7th
Community Meal: Tuesday, November 21 at 11:30
No School, Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 22-
November 24
Book Orders Due: December 1st
Half Day of School: Friday, December 22 dismissal at 12:35
No School, Winter Break Begins: Friday, December 22
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Language
In language the children are working hard in their groups. The Blue reading group has been focusing
on short vowel sounds and the h brothers, (th, sh, ch). They are also working on antonyms and the
parts of speech. Our green group has worked with short and long vowel sounds, consonant blends,
the subject and predicate of a sentence, synonyms and types of sentences. Our purple group has
been working with vowel teams, blends, plural endings and inflected endings. All reading groups read
from the Reading Street Anthology, while being supplemented with our wonderful Montessori
materials. The stories have a range in genres from animal fantasy to expository and historical fiction. All
children continue to work on their sight words and vocabulary automaticity (automatic recognition).

Writing
Our classroom runs a Writers Workshop model of writing. This
means that the children receive a mini-lesson based on writing
needs, and then are encouraged to practice that skill in their
writing that day. We have completed our 1st pieces of writing! We
heard about some wonderful trips and adventures! Next, we are
moving onto Informational text and will be writing a class book.
The kids have chosen rocks and gems as their topic and each
child or pair of children will research, take notes and write about
their specific one. Keep an eye out for information about our class
book!

Science & Social Studies

Our 1st years have completed their unit on sound. We ended our unit with a demonstration on a
bass violin and a performance by our 1st year musicians& engineers (with homemade instruments)
, 2nd years are continuing their work with matter and 3rd years with force and motion. In social
studies our first years have worked with maps, different characteristics of a community and the
seasons and months. 2nd years are working with maps and creating maps of rural, urban and
suburban. 3rd years are focused on the fundamental needs of man, and how those needs were
met during early settlements in Michigan.

Contacting Me
Email: Kanes@grps.org
Phone: 616-989-2848 ext. 4715
Website: misskanesclassroom.weebly.com