Mrs. W’s Weekly Scottish Corners Elementary Email: wadenstierna_jill@dublinschools.net Teacher Web Page: http://www.dublinschools.net/JillAndrews.aspx The Next Two Weeks Monday 11/23 Tuesday 11/24 Wednesday 11/25 Thanksgiving Break – NO Thursday 11/26 SCHOOL – I hope you enjoy a Friday 11/27 wonderful holiday with family and friends! J November 20, 2015 Our learning work in room 108… *Word Study: Your child should be able to read the following word wall words: a, go, I, my, see, the, and, is, to, in. Your child should know the sounds for the following letters: a (short a as in “apple” and long a as in “acorn”), c, d, g, l, m, o (short o as in “opera” and long o as in “ocean”). Starfall.com is a great place to practice letter names and letter sounds if your child is working on these skills. Feel free to explore the links on my teacher web page (http://www.dublinschools.net/JillAndrews.aspx) for more free learning websites! J Monday 11/30 *AM Class meets with 2 n d Grade Buddies *PM Class meets with 5 t h Grade Buddies Tuesday 12/1 All Spell-a-Thon pledges are due! If you have any questions about the Spell-a-Thon, please contact Katie Krasniewski (katiekras@gmail.com) Wednesday 12/2 Thursday 12/3 (http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/). Library Day! Please return all library books to school today. Friday 12/4 *Social Studies: Next week we will be taking a journey into the past to learn about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoags, and the first Thanksgiving. We will take a “virtual field trip” to learn about the journey that the Pilgrims made to come to the Massachusetts Bay area. We will explore the Mayflower, the ship that they were on for 65 days, and discuss what life was like on the ship. We will be using Scholastic’s free Thanksgiving website Feel free to take some time over Thanksgiving Break to explore this awesome website with your child. It is really neat and a lot of fun!