Important Dates
December
21 – Classroom Holiday Party
24 – Winter Break Begins
January
7
- Classes Resume
Reading
Books
We completed our second reading book this
week. I will be sending it home soon. Please listen to your child read the stories
and help him/her with any unknown words. Practicing reading is very important
at this age. Please return the book by Friday, December 21st. Thanks.
Author of the Month
We
explored the Chris VanAllsburg website and played some of the games on it. The
children enjoyed the memory game and the puzzles. If you would like your child
to play some of these games at home, you may go to www.chrisvanallsburg.com
Math
Last week
during library time, the students were shown a video explaining the Math-a-thon
program. This program is a fund raiser
for St. Jude's Hospital in Chicago. If
you would like your child to participate in it, return the form (filled out) to
school. The librarian will send home
either a booklet or a CD depending on which one you requested. Thank you for supporting local charities.
Reading
We will be reading the following stories:
Moving
Day and Hermit Crabs.
Comprehension Strategies
We will be working on comparing and
contrasting.
Vocabulary Words
Our words will be: grow, light, long, more, other, right, small, room, and these
Phonics Skills
The children will be working on digraphs:
sh, th, ch, wh, tch
We will also be reviewing
short vowel sounds.
Grammar Lesson
We will review the use of exclamations and
alphabetical order.
Spelling Words
The spelling words are:
sad, let,
trip, blue, orange, gray, black, one, by, color
Our
student of the week for the week of December 10-14 will be Maeve.
