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This week we are learning...

IB Unit: This Land Was Made for You and Me

Reader's Workshop: readers retell from the beginning and follow events in sequence, readers know how to balance the detail when they retell, readers use "time" words when they retell (first, second, then, next, finally, afterwards)

Writer's Workshop: planning details

Math: place value

Science/Social Studies: Mexico

Author Study: Lois Ehlert
Spelling Words: back, good, where has, when

Challenge Words: jacket, pack, quack, attack, stack

Holiday Party

We still need someone to bring in hot chocolate for our holiday party! If you can help, please click on the link below...
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HP ink cartridges (#96 and #97)

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NOVEMBER BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE BY NOVEMBER 22ND. There are some books that would make great stocking stuffers...



Have you heard of Flat Stanley?

It is a story about the boy who was flattened by a bulletin board, allowing him to travel by mail, fly like a kite, and catch sneak thieves. The book has captured imaginations for more than forty-five years.

Get ready to meet C.U.T.I.E....

As part of our upcoming IB Unit, This Land Was Made for You and Me, the first graders will be making a JYJ version of Flat Stanley. Your child will be making a C.U.T.I.E which stands for Community Understanding Through Interpersonal Exchange. Your child's C.U.T.I.E will be coming home next Monday in a brown envelope. Be on the lookout...

This is an amazing learning experience for everyone involved! We strongly urge you to carefully read through the information that will be coming home in your child's BEAR folder. We can't wait to get started...  

As another part of This Land Was Made for You and Me, we will be learning about different places around the world. We need parents/relatives/friends to come to JYJ and give a presentation to the first grade. If you are interested in giving a presentation on China, Kenya, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Mexico or some other place around the world please send us an email. We are looking for presenters that have visited or lived in the aforementioned places.

Holiday Party
We are having a holiday party in the classroom on December 21st at 9:30. Please click on the link below if you are interested in helping out! Thanks in advance!
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 This week we are learning...

IB Unit: Won't You Be My Neighbor (How We Organize Ourselves)
Reader's Workshop: readers think about what makes sense using strategies, readers think about what looks right, readers go back and correct their mistakes

Writer's Workshop: editingMath: data collection/sorting by attributes
Science/Social Studies:  What does it mean to be a good citizen?
Language Arts: double o, compound words
Author Study: Lois Ehlert
Spelling Words: all, big, little, he, she
Challenge Words: ball, mall, tall, small, waterfall

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