November 18

Where do I start? We have had such a busy last few days.

We had so much fun listening to our guest speaker: a dental hygenist from Woodbury Dental Care. She read us a story, talked to us about how to take care of our teeth and even showed us how to brush and floss.


We have been really busy learning new sight words: we have been focusing on a, my and the. We love to practice writing our sight words on dry erase boards. Can you tell what word we are writing in the picture?
This morning we listened to another community helper. She was a veterinarian from Inver Grove Heights. Our favorite part was looking at real live x rays from the animals she has helped.

Here we are practicing a safety procedure. The vet told us that if we ever come across a scary dog without an owner, we should stand as still as a tree, or lay like a rock. Can you tell which position we are practicing?
This afternoon we continued our PYP unit of inquiry on communities. We talked about three different types of communities: city, small town (suburbs) and farm (rural). We made a chart that told us the characteristics of each community. We were so lucky to have some of our buddies from Mrs. Held's class come and help us make collaborative murals of each community. It was fun to see the team work and cooperation that took place between the students. Come see our murals. They are hanging right outside of our classroom. Ask your student to tell you the differences and similarities between each of the three community types.

• Remember to work together on yellow math links that were sent home on Monday of this week. They are wonderful enrichment activities that support our math curriculum at school.
• Letter R show and tell is tomorrow.
• All students should be coming to school with the Winter Five everyday. If you need clothing assistance please let me know by sending a note in your student's folder.
• Read aloud with your student. Let them read a book to you, and you read a book to them. Students should be reading a minimum of 15 minutes a night.
  

Enjoy a wonderful evening at home together. Tomorrow is Packer Pride Day!