News from Mrs. Wilmeth Dilley Elementary 2nd Six Weeks – Week 5 This Week’s News… Don’t forget…we have tutorials every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-4:15. Please try and get here on time. We will do our best to get things moving out at mom pick-up! Not much news this week!!! Hopefully everyone enjoyed dressing up and going “Trick or Treating” AND enjoyed the extra hour of sleep yesterday November 3, 2014 What we are working on… Writer’s Workshop / Interactive Writing – writing the letters Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt and writing a word that begins with each of those letters. Stations – all centers that have been introduced are open. In small group instruction we are working on Istation skills such as rhyming, sentence structure, syllables, and blending. Phonics / Word Study – Identifying the letter and sound for Tt, Pp and Nn; demonstrating print awareness including identifying letters, words, and sentences; demonstrating phonological awareness through isolating and blending word parts; using the cover, title, and illustration to predict what might happen next in a text; Math – counting, making, reading, and writing 8, 9, and 10. Science – telling about objects; sorting objects; measuring objects. Social Studies – rules and authority figures; similarities in families. Sight Words not Poem of the Week “Little Jack Horner” Tip for Reading With your Child: Ask your child to share with you books from the school library. she he Important Dates: November 7 – End of 2nd Six Weeks November 10 – 3rd Six Weeks Begins November 10 - Scholastic Orders Due November 11 – Veteran’s Day November 21 – Early Release @1:30 November 24-28 – Thanksgiving Holiday November 25 – Krystianna’s Birthday November 27 – Thanksgiving