Week of 11/4

Social Studies
We began our first social studies unit of the year this week. Students will learn about the first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pilgrims and Wampanoags. They will learn to compare and contrast the beliefs and customs of these different groups of people. They will also learn how to use and create maps as a visual representation of a place. Students spent time comparing and contrasting themselves with another classmate to begin to think about similarities and differences. They also spent time drawing maps of the classroom and a favorite room in their house. We talked about creating the map with a "bird's eye view."

Math
Unit 3 started this week! Children will get lots of practice fine-tuning their addition and subtraction strategies such as counting on and counting back. We revisited familiar games including Roll and Record and Five in a Row which have both addition and subtraction versions. We also spent time working on our place value understanding by building teen numbers with ten frames. Students understand that a ten number is composed of ten and "some more."

Upcoming Dates

• There is no school on Monday, November 11th for Veterans Day.
• Chewonki visits first grade on Tuesday with a "Fur, Feathers & Feet" science presentation.
• K-3 students will see a Kinderkonzert at the high school on Monday, November 18th.
• There is an early release on Tuesday, November 26th. Students will be dismissed at 12:35pm.
• There is no school from Wednesday, November 27th-Friday, November 29th for Thanksgiving break.

Thank you,
Mrs. Bradstreet