Important Dates
December
17 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
20 – Classroom Holiday Party – 2:00
23 – Winter Break Begins
January
6- Classes Resume
Author of the Month/Computers
We explored the Chris VanAllsburg website and
played some of the games on it. The children enjoyed the memory game, puzzles,
and coloring activity. If you would like
your child to play some of these games at home, you may go to: www.chrisvanallsburg.com
Winter Holiday Party
Our holiday party will be on Dec.20 from
2:00-3:00. Parent helpers will be
allowed in the room at 1:50. (No
siblings are allowed due to limited space.)
FYI - all first
grade classrooms will not be doing a gift exchange this year. The teachers have purchased a small gift for
each child in their own classroom.
Our student of the week for
the week of December 9-13 will be Marcin.
Math
In math, we have been working on counting
forward by 1s and 10s up to 120. The
children had the most difficulty counting by 10s when we started with a number
other than 10 – such as 7, 17, 27, 37…
Many of the students were able to do that, but got confused when the
numbers went beyond 100 – such as 87, 97, 107, 117… I tried to work with the students that were
having difficulty, but I ran out of time.
If you notice that your child had difficulty with this concept, please
review it at home. Thanks.
Comprehension
Strategies
We will be working on using schema and
inference as they visualize what is happening in a story.
Phonics Skills
We will be reviewing
short vowel sounds.
Grammar Lesson
We will review alphabetical order and
discuss how to use a dictionary.
Spelling Words
The spelling words are:
sad, let, trip,
blue, orange, gray, black, one, by, color
