A Note About this week

A Brief Note

Please return conference slips as soon as possible.

Children should read each night.  I will not send home a homework/ reading record sheet this week.

 

Elsa  was a great MVP and she taught us about Ethiopia.

 

 

 

Being Thankful

As I was preparing for Thanksgiving this weekend, I began to think about all the reasons I am thankful. 
I am thankful for Justin because he is an enthusiastic learner.
I am thankful for Aidan because he is hardworking.
I am thankful for Emmy because she is always on task.
I am thankful for Max because he uses his time wisely.
I am thankful for Madeline because she is dedicated to learning.
I am thankful for Tucker because he can answer my tough math questions.
I am thankful for Beau because he asks great questions.
I am thankful for Riley because she is a role model.
I am thankful for Julia because she never gives up.
I am thankful for Ben because he thanks me everyday for teaching him.
I a thankful for Amber because she is always willing to help others.
I am thankful for Delaney because she is a great reader.
I am thankful for Shaelyn because she puts a lot of effort into her work.
I am thankful for Catie because she is kind to everyone.
I am thankful for Mason because he participates during math.
I am thankful for Elsa because she is inquisitive.
I am thankful for Will because he shares his mathematical thinking.
I am thankful for Reid because he has a great sense of humor.
I am thankful for Meri because she is a great friend.
I am thankful for Felix because he is a great story teller.
I am thankful for Lucas because he is a motivated learner.

I am so thankful to my "players" because they all work as a team.  They support each other when they are learning new concepts. The positive attitudes that I have seen develop this year have made me feel very optimistic about the future.  Team Jordan is thankful to be together learning and growing everyday. 

Also, a special thank you to Mrs. Baczewski, Ms.Kezer, and Mrs. Jordan for helping me and the children everyday.  Our team wouldn't be complete without all of our coaching staff!
I feel thankful to work with such supportive families.  Thank you for sending your child to school each day ready to learn and play!
I hope you all enjoy this time together.

Best Wishes,
Maureen Jordan

Global Read Aloud

As your child may have informed you we were part of a Global Read Aloud.  Over the past several weeks we read a book called, Marty McGuire.  During this time we also had the opportunity to skype with a class from Canada and use a site called Todays Meet to instant message each other.  Both of these experiences combined with reading the book were very engaging.  We finished our final project related to this book yesterday.  We hope you enjoy it!

Character Traits

Team Update

Team Jordan has been as busy as ever.  We learned about Veteran's Day and wrote thank you letters to local Veterans to thank them for their service.  We began reading in our social studies texts books about Massachusetts.

In reading we reviewed informational text features and their purposes.  Features of information text help up to understand what we are reading, find information fast, and compare information.  We also began learning about the different jobs we will have in our book clubs.  Some of the jobs include questioner, visualizer, character charter, connector and summarizer.  The children are very excited to start book clubs next week.  I am excited to see how well they work together collaborating and sharing ideas about literature.

In writing we have finished up our unit on personal narratives.  Children have taken a piece through the writing process. Although we are not all finished typing, we will continue to type in the computer lab and classroom until everyone has typed a narrative for his/her portfolio.

We kicked off poetry with a class reading of Abracadabra. Ask your child about it.  Next week, each student will be given a poetry folder to store collected poems in and to write their own poems.  This is a great time to work on word choice.

In math, we are beginning our unit on bar modeling.  Bar modeling helps us solve word problems.  Bars are drawn, labeled, and divided according to the situation.  This is a nice way for children to see the problem visually.

Will was a great MVP.  He taught math today!

 

Have a great weekend!

Reid's MVP Picture

Check out Reid's picture.  Reid has a great sense of humor!

Homework Update!