Happy Holidays

I wish you and your family a very safe and happy holiday season. Merry Christmas and I will see everyone when we return in 2020!

Upcoming Dates

Dec. 23- Jan. 1- No School
Thursday, Jan. 2nd- School Resumes

Spelling

The next spelling focus is working with words that have the oo sound within them which can be spelled with either an oo or u. Please have your child sort his/her spelling words into 2 columns. Those words that have oo within them and those words that have u within them.

Spelling Words

Jan. 2-3

One-Syllable Words

1. brook

2. push

3. pull

4. bush

5. look

6. full

Two-Syllable Words

7. bully

8. bookshop

9. seagull

Things to Know

• We did a locker clean out this week. Please unload backpacks for the start of the New Year!
• Just a reminder, students must wear a hat, gloves, boots, and snow pants outside everyday for recess.

Bookbags

Your child has a book or several books within his/her guided reading bookbag to read over the holiday break. Please spend some time each night listening to your child read some of his/her favorite books that he/she has selected.

Writing

In writing this week your child started to learn about a new genre of writing called Realistic Fiction. Students learned this week that when writing a realistic fiction story there are real characters and real settings.

Wellness Wednesday Tomorrow

Wear workout clothes!

Read-a-Thon

On Friday, December 20th our classroom will be having a read-a-thon in the morning. The read-a-thon will last for one hour and your child may bring in books from home to read, your child may choose books from within our classroom to read, or your child may choose to read books that he/she has checked out from the library. Everyone within our classroom will be reading the entire time including myself. Every fifteen minutes the entire class will stop with what they are reading and two students will have the opportunity to give a book talk on the book they are reading. With Christmas right around the corner, the excitement level is rising within our classroom. Your child has worked extremely hard already this year in his/her guided reading group. This read–a-thon will be a nice, relaxing way for your child to relax and enjoy reading some of his/her favorite books before going into Christmas vacation. If your child chooses he/she may bring in a healthy snack and/or a beverage to enjoy during the read-a-thon. 

Upcoming Dates

Monday, Dec. 16th- Santa's Secret Shop Shopping Day

Spelling Words

Dec. 16-20

1. brew
2. soup
3. blue
4. clue
5. blew
6. group
7. cashew
8. cartoon
9. pursue

Guided Reading

This week in Guided Reading your child has been working on the reading skill of sequencing. Using signal words such as first, then, next, and after, your child has been listing series of events. The students enjoyed listening to Jack & the Beanstalk and The Polar Express and then doing a sequencing activity with both of these stories. Please remember to sign your child's yellow reading sheet each night.

Wrapping Paper

Our class could still use any extra Christmas wrapping paper that you may have at home. Thanks in advance!

Mrs. Schneider's Math Class

In math students have been working with pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and half-dollars. Throughout the week students were given a collection of coins to count and using various coins students demonstrated ways to show the same amount of money. Time was also spent counting money using $1.00 bills.

Writing

In writing this week our class spent time learning about adverbs ending in ly, commas used when listing a series of objects, and your child worked on editing their personal narrative.

Phonics

In phonics your child sorted words containing oy and oi.  Your child also worked on fluency by reading several short passages that contained words that had the spelling pattern oy or oi within them.

Winter Attire

Please remember to send warm clothes with your child to wear outside during recess time including boots, gloves, a hat, and snowpants!

Math Problems of the Week

¨ I am a number between 70 and 90.

¨ I am an even number between 50 and 60.

¨ I am a number that is 12 more than 146.

Word of the Month

Teamwork- a group of people acting or working together

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, Dec. 10th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt, Book Orders Due
Friday, Dec. 13th- Preview Santa's Secret Shop

Spelling Words

Dec. 9-13

1. down
2. shout
3. mouth
4. town
5. sprout
6. south
7. surround
8. powder
9. outside

Newspaper Needed

If you have any old newspapers at home that you no longer need could you please send them to school. We need them for an upcoming Christmas project.

Santa's Secret Shop

Santa's Secret Shop is coming up next week. Students will preview the items for sale next Friday and shop the following Monday and Tuesday. Shopping at Santa's Secret Shop is optional for each child and other activities will be provided during this time for those students who choose not to shop. If you have any extra Christmas wrapping paper that you could donate to our classroom it would be greatly appreciated.

Mrs. Schneider's Math Class

In Mrs. Schneider's math class students finished learning and practicing the following subtraction strategies:

• Subtraction Count Backs
• Subtraction Doubles
• Take Away 10
• Runaway Ones
• Subtraction Magic

Up until Christmas your child will be working on counting money. Please spend time at home counting change with your child as well.

Thanksgiving Dance

The Thanksgiving Dance that was previously scheduled for 11/27 has been rescheduled for Friday (12/6). If your child was signed up and now can not go please let me know ASAP. Thanks!