The November night sky is still low on planets in the early evening, but is full of them in the pre-dawn hours. The Leonid Meteor shower also peaks, and we get a better view of the winter constellations.
Mercury puts in an appearance in the night sky, but it is a poor one. It reaches the highest on November 20, but will only be five degrees above the western horizon. (A degree is roughly the size of your fist held out at arm's length, or about the size of a full moon.) It shines very brightly, however, so if you have a clear flat horizon, you should be able to spot it.
Neptune and Uranus are also in the sky after sunset. Neptune lies in the constellation Capricornus, and Uranus lies in the constellation Aquarius. Both are faint constellations, so the best way to find them is to go to http://www.skyandtelescope.com for their interactive nightly sky chart. Both planets will be listed there, and you can pick out close stars to star-hop from while searching. You will need binoculars, though, to find them.
Saturn rises around 11 in the evening at the beginning of the month. Saturn is in the constellation Gemini, and is quite visible as the creamy yellow star-like object. In binoculars, you can see that the planet is elongated. (Galileo thought the planet had ears when he first looked at it through his rather poor telescope.) In a small telescope you can see the ring system, and if you have access to a larger scope, you can see the ring divisions. The Cassini probe is still there photographing Saturn and its moons, and has sent back some stunning pictures. Go here for the latest information: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
Venus and Jupiter dominate the early morning sky, and if you leave in the pre-dawn hours for work or school when the sky is still dark, you can't miss them as the bright objects in the east. Venus is the more brilliant one. At the start of November, it is higher in the sky than Jupiter, but the planets pass each other at the beginning of the month. Venus continues its plunge toward the horizon, while Jupiter continues to climb. Both planets lie in the constellation Virgo this month. In binoculars, you can see Jupiter's moons switch places every night. In a telescope, you can see the different belts of colors on Jupiter, and look for the Great Red Spot, which is kind of salmon-colored now, having faded considerably in the past decade.
