The Bormann Bugle
Classroom News from Room 204
Edition 3
November 2016
-Reading-
-Writing Workshop-
Sequence of Events
To practice this new skill, readers put
events from Room on the Broom in
sequential order. Students also put
events from their just-right books in
order using words like beginning,
middle, and end.
This month we transitioned through the
many stages of writing. We began by
immersing ourselves in thoughtprovoking mentor texts like Ish, Written
Anything Good Lately?, and I Like to Be
Little. We worked on brainstorming ideas
for our writing before we planned our
writing by drawing out our ideas. Then we
drafted our stories. Finally, we edited our
writing by checking for capital letters and
punctuation.
Understanding Characters
After identifying character traits from our
mentor text A Bad Case of The Stripes,
students read their just-right books to
find character traits. We discussed how
characters can change throughout the
story.
Main Idea and Details
Students used the mentor text How
Animals Communicate to identify the
main idea and retell key details from the
text. Students used graphic organizers to
find the main idea in their just-right
books. We practice main idea and detail
because it is important for readers to be
able to identify the most important idea
in a story.
-Word Study Short u words
 Short a words
 Short i words
 Words with blends
 The ch sound
 Sorting words by short vowel sounds
To compliment our non-fiction texts in
reading, we worked on non-fiction writing
by researching interesting animals.
-Other Language ArtsThis month we explored nouns, verbs,
and how to punctuate different kinds of
sentences. During vocabulary this month
we learned about synonyms. We were
happy joyful to practice using interesting
words!
-RemindersCheck out our class webpage to find your
child’s share day or reader’s chair date!
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The Bormann Bugle
Classroom News from Room 204
Edition 3
November 2016
-Guided MathWorkstations
This month we engaged in many fun and
educational math games. Some of our
favorites include the following: Turkey
Doubles, Thanksgiving Shopping, Sink or
Swim, and Happy Numbers on the
computer. In addition to practicing our
facts, we also worked on teamwork,
collaboration, and taking turns.
At the Teacher’s Table
We have been practicing many different
strategies for addition. We are building
our doubles fact fluency to help us add
doubles plus one and doubles minus one.
We are also working on using a ten-frame
to help us add.
Students are encouraged to explain their
thinking and to share how they find the
answer.
Math Vocabulary:
sum
addend
plus
doubles
join
-STEAM--Science, technology, engineering,
the arts, and mathematics- Gus Takes the Train- Maker space
 Three Little Pigs House Challenge
-Other ActivitiesThinking Lessons
with Mrs. Muzi
 Observing and noticing
 Asking questions
 Comparing
Garden/ Environmental
 Animals that hibernate
-Snapshot of the Month-
-Important Dates• 12/16/16- LES Winter Concert
@ 9:30 AM
• 12/23/16- early dismissal
• 12/26/16- 12/30/16- winter break
STEM design
planning with
a buddy!