Special Winter Week
To help make our last week before the Winter Break special, we will be doing some themed days to guide our learning. We are asking for some volunteers and for some items. Please see the following sign up link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0945a5a62da1f58-first5. There is also another separate sign up below for the Holiday Celebration on Thursday.Monday (12/17): Snow Day - Learn and read about snow, play in the snow and make projects with snow!
Tuesday (12/18): Grinch Day - Wear green or grinchy attire!
Wednesday (12/19): Gingerbread Day - Gingerbread Playdough: See sign up genius to donate items for the playdough and/or to volunteer
Thursday (12/20): Holiday Celebration - Wear festive attire- green, red, gold, silver, etc. The party is on 10:30-11:15 AM. If you are able to volunteer for this event, please arrive 15 minutes early to check in and receive directions for the station you signed up for. Also, please plan on staying about 15 minutes after to help clean up. **All volunteers must have a current background check form on file.** Thank you so much in advance!"
Curriculum
Reading:As readers, we've continued to learn different strategies to help us with tricky words. We've learned to skip the word and come back (Skippy Frog), to get our lips ready to say the first sound (Lips the Fish) and to flip the letter sound (Flippy Dolphin). In addition, we reviewed the short vowel sounds and worked on identifying which sound goes in different words. We will continue to build our decoding skills next week. Plus, we will begin learning about blends as a spelling pattern.
Book Baggies:
Many students forgot their book baggies today. Please help them remember them next week Friday. I would like them to have an opportunity to read different books.
Writing:
As writers, we've been reading How to...books. As we read them, we looked at the features that How to...books have. The students noticed many things. We also then tried to write a class How to Draw a Snowman book. We learned the importance of using details and pictures to help our readers. Next week, we will continue to practice writing by writing about ourselves.
Math:
In math, we've been learning to add and subtract within 20. We learned about doubles and doubles +1 strategies to help us solve problems. Next week, we will continue to practice using strategies to help us solve addition and subtraction problems within 20.
IXL Skills - Use these activities as you wish to help your child with the skills we will be working on throughout this first trimester.
Science/Social Studies:
In science this week, we began our unit on Light and Sound. We started by asking the students what they already knew about sound, sound pitch, sound volume and vibrations. Next week, we will continue to explore these ideas through reading, experiments and other research.
Purposeful Play
Please see the Purposeful Play tab on the blog to learn more about our weekly Play Time and donation items we could use for it!
Homework
- Read every night (you can read with your child, listen to them read or read to them - all of it helps). Then talk about the book - who are the characters, what happened, why did it happen, make connections, what's the main idea, why did the author write the book, how did the author give you information, what features did the author use to help you as a reader
- Work on a math skill
- counting forwards and backwards within 120 (and skip counting)
- adding and subtracting to 20 - play a board game for this
- telling time (What are the hands on the clock? How is a clock set up?)
- identify and count coins
- measuring - length and volume - have your child cook with you to practice this
- talk about shapes - 2D and 3D - find items around your house, etc.)
Specials Schedule
Monday: P.E. (Wear tennis shoes)Tuesday: Art (Bring an Art shirt labeled with your child's name)
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Media/Library
Friday: Rotates (See the back of your child's OWL folder (everyday folder) for a schedule.)
Important Dates
December 12: Holiday Shop (4:30-8)
December 20: Holiday Celebration (see above)
December 20: Holiday Celebration (see above)
December 24-January 6: No School - Winter Break
January 7: School Resumes
January 21: No School - MLK Day
January 31: Multicultural Night (6:00-8:00pm)
January 7: School Resumes
January 21: No School - MLK Day
January 31: Multicultural Night (6:00-8:00pm)
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