THOMPSON TRIBUNE
Eli Pinney Elementary, Room 120
September 28- October 2, 2015
Important Dates to
Remember for
Next Week
*Friday Journals will come
home on Fridays. Please
read and RETURN ON
MONDAY!
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*Pinney Spirit Day is on
Friday, October 9th
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*Fall Festival at Leeds Farm
is on Friday, October 9th
from 6:00-8:30pm
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*Reading Envelopes need
to be returned every day
with the books inside!
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Related Arts Schedule
(4 Day Rotation)
A - Day: – P.E. (Ms. Hathaway) B - Day: – Art (Mr. Blair)
C – Day – Library (Mrs. Riley)
D - Day - Music (Mrs. Casto)
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Academics
Reading Workshop- Roscoe Riley: Never Chase A Runaway Pumpkin,
making a timeline to help us remember what has happened in the story,
Tap the Magic Tree, what does read to self look like? (quiet, stay in 1
spot, eyes on your book, read the whole time), what does buddy reading
loo like?, WindBlown, discussing characters and setting and how they can
change
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Writing Workshop – Every Friday, what is a narrative?, using our 5
fingers to tell a narrative (thumb-beginning, 3 middle fingers-middle
parts, pinky-ending), verbally telling our narratives, The Ghost Eye Tree,
what does a good beginning sound like, Good Luck Bear, what are
transition words?, charting ideas for beginning and middle parts of the
narrative, began writing our own narratives, sharing our writing, Friday
letter to Mom and Dad
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Word Study - word wall word practice, formal spelling inventory
assessments
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Math - Dot Addition combinations, 9 Beans/Trains (combinations to make
9), Rich Problem: Dress The Scarecrow, mystery pictures (numbers that
come before and after), story problems, October calendar
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Science - How Do You Know It’s Fall?, charting ways we know it’s fall,
When Autumn Comes, writing our own books about what we do in
Autumn, “Image of the Week: early Fall, discussing our observations/
wonders/questions/opinions about our image, !
*discussing “6 Thinking Habits” (question, collaborate, create, persevere,
flexible, communicate)
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Featuring Room 120………………………….…………”math journals”