Important Dates
December
14 – Slipper Day
21
– Classroom Holiday Party
24 – Winter Break Begins
January
7 - Classes Resume
December Reading
Logs
Your
child can return his/her December reading log on January 7th when we
return from the holiday break. I am
sending home January’s log on December 21st so you can begin recording the books they read in January
starting January 1st.
Barnes & Noble Fundraiser
It sounds like the Barnes & Noble
fundraiser was a big success. I wish I could
have been there. Thank you to everyone
that attended or helped out in any way.
Our school district is very fortunate to have such supportive and giving
parents.
In math, we have been working on reading
graphs – bar, picture, & concrete graphs.
We also played some games in the computer lab to go along with this
concept.
Reading
We
will be reading The Kite
and How to Make a Kite.
Comprehension Strategies
The
children will be working on reading directions, cause/effect, and
monitoring/clarifying.
Vocabulary Words
The
vocabulary words will be weather words and:
anywhere, beautiful, convinced, easy, news, perfect, raining, weather.
Phonics Skills
Our phonics lessons will be centered on
blending long a words using the VCe (vowel consonant e) pattern. We will also review the soft sound of “g” /j/ and “c” /s/.
Grammar Skills
We
will practice using and identifying verbs in a sentence.
Spelling Words
Our spelling words
for next week are: ran, hat, scar, came, grape,
name, cake, only, old
We won’t be having a student of the week next week since
we will be having our holiday party on Friday.