Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear 2B Families,

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.  It's R & R weekend which means NO homework (insert sigh of relief)! I can't wait to hear all about your Thanksgiving break adventures when the students return on Monday! Mr. Dombrowski and I are hosting Thanksgiving for the FIRST time. My first turkey...wish me luck :-). I hope your children share with you why I am thankful for them...29 reasons to be thankful in 2B!

Scholar Shout-Outs: 

First - Congratulations Anthony! He was our virtue award winner for the month of November for showing COURAGE..."the will to do something difficult or dangerous".

Second - Happy Birthday to Keegan! 

Wish List Highlight: We could really use 20 more privacy folders (2 sets of these) for testing. If you can help out with this purchase, please let me know :-).  Thank you in advance for your generosity. We are also almost out of Clorox Wipes and Kleenex.

Please be collecting toilet paper rolls at home! We will use these during our Boxcar Feast/Holiday Party.

Here is what we will be learning when we return from Thanksgiving Break...

Language Arts: In language arts next week we will introduce students to writing a friendly letter! This will tie in perfectly with a holiday activity we do where each student writes a letter to another student telling them how wonderful they are! Students will learn the parts of a letter next week, and how to address an envelope! Please email me, or write in your students planner your address by Wednesday so that we are able to address an envelope! 

We will be reading chapters 8-10 in The Boxcar Children, and have a class discussion about what makes our homes feel special, and what makes us homesick!
 Math: In math we will continue to work on dividing things into equal groups. Students are ROCKING this! Check out two of our super scholars (Evan & Lilah) who modeled a division problem under the document camera for the class...

We will continue to talk about what to do when things cannot be split into equal groups, and we have “leftovers” or "remainders". I suggest using hands on manipulatives when working on dividing at home. Please also practice skip counting by 3s and 4s with your scholar. We will review all week and Friday nights homework will provide great practice for a test on Monday!

Science: Last week we spent time reviewing complete vs. incomplete metamorphosis. Next week our young entomologists will continue their study of insects through learning about bees (honeybees, drones, queens), paper wasps, termites, and ants. Ask your scholar if they can describe the difference between a social and solitary insect. Can they describe what each bee must do in order to survive? Can they tell you how ants and termites are different from other social insects?

Check out part of this wasp nest that Ms. Spriggs brought in! I'll share this with the class next week...

History: Our study of Ancient China will continue through learning about the Silk Road, silkworms, and Chinese Inventions like fireworks. Did you see the paper lanterns we made this week when we learned about Chinese New Year?

Wishing you & your family many Thanksgiving blessings! 

Love,

Mrs. Dombrowski