THOMPSON TRIBUNE
Eli Pinney Elementary, Room 120
November 16- November 20, 2015
Important Dates to
Remember for
Next Week
*Pinney Movie Night will be
on Friday, November 20th
from 6:30-8:30pm
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*Progress Reports went
home tonight. Please sign
and return the envelope by
Tuesday, 11/24
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*Cinderella Field Trip to
Jerome HS is on Tuesday,
11/24 in the morning
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*No School, 11/25-11/27,
Thanksgiving Break
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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- Lulu And The Brontosaurus, writing a response
about connections we have with the story, practicing with our
Reader’s Theater groups and presenting to our class, Cinderella,
Cindy Ellen: Wild Western Tale, Chickerella, discussing the
similarities and differences of different versions of Cinderella,
Thanksgiving, Stone Soup, what is the author trying to teach us in
this story?
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Writing Workshop – creating digital backgrounds for our Reader’s
Theater, interactive writing to help “Tony the Turkey” make it back
to Ohio, writing choice, Friday letter to mom and dad
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Word Study - practicing writing high frequency words
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Math - what does “sum” mean?, “Equal Sums”, Doubles Graph, Rich
Problem: 12 Days of Christmas, creating a graph about our favorite
Thanksgiving foods, creating a digital graph about our favorite
Thanksgiving foods, asking and answering questions about our
graph
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Social Studies - Samuel Eaton’s Day, Sarah Morton, past vs.
present, past and present picture sort, what are traditions?,
sharing our quilt squares that show our family culture and
traditions, filming part of our presentation using our artifacts to
represent what makes us happy
*discussing “6 Thinking Habits” (question, collaborate, create,
persevere, flexible, communicate)
Featuring Room 120….”collaborating to create settings for our plays”