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 2018!

Upcoming Dates

Friday, December 22nd- Holiday Break, No School
December 25-January 1st- Holiday Break, No School
Tuesday, January 2nd- School Resumes

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. Our class will continue to work on this reading skill after the holiday break as well. Please remember to sign your child's yellow reading sheet each night and continue to have your child practice his/her math facts each night also.

Spelling Words

Jan. 2-5

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

Guided Reading

Your child has a book or several books within his/her guided reading book bag 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 to read.

Math Problems of the Week

Have your child identify the ones, tens, and hundreds place of each of the following numbers:

¨ 230

¨ 795

¨ 34

¨ 12

¨ 102

¨ 65

¨ 367

¨ 124

¨ 368

¨ 960

Science

In science, students are thinking and learning about the different states of matter. Last week your child constructed a tall solid structure out of miscellaneous supplies. Currently your child is thinking about how to change water into an ice sculpture. To continue this project, we are in need of a plethora of plastic containers that can be kept at school and reused. Some examples might be: milk containers, ice cube trays, sour cream containers, etc. Feel free to send the containers with your child!