DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Wed. Dec 19th—Wear Your Christmas Sweater
-Thurs., Dec 20th—1/2 Day & Christmas Party
-Fri., Dec 21st—1/2 Day, Sing-a-long, Pajama Day & Pizza Party from Pizza Hut!!
-Thurs., Jan. 3rd—School Resumes
STUDENT OF THE MONTH:
Our new Student of the Month is Joey Roberts. Joey is always helpful and a kind friend to others. His favorite color is blue and he likes to eat Cheez-its; he enjoys playing on his ipad and his favorite book to read is Little Cloud. This year he wants to learn how to write, which he is doing each and every day and when he grows up, he wants to be a cook. Congratulations to Joey on being our Student of the Month.
CHRISTMAS PARTY:
Our tree is up and decorated, so you are welcome to send in the your child’s gift for the gift exchange any time this week:) Please send it to school wrapped and labeled with who it is FROM (To: a girl; From: Mrs. Brinks). Our party is Thursday morning and will begin around 9:00 with games, then the gift exchange, and we will wrap it up with food, then recess.
FRIDAY:
Friday, will be our annual Christmas sing-a-long, as well as Pajama Day. We will finish up our morning with our Pizza Party that we earned through Pizza Hut for the Coins for Kids fundraiser. It will be a great way to wrap up our week before heading into break!
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK:
At the end of the week, your child will be bringing home an envelope of ‘goodies.’ In this envelope you will find some special booklets that your child has made and can read, as well as a sheet explaining some fun Holiday Homework that they can do over break, if they choose. Your child’s next report card will be sent home in February; however, I will send home a quick letter ID & sightword assessment so you can see what letters and sightwords your child knows and what to work on at home:)
READING:
This week our class will be reading about different cultures that make up the communities around the world as we learn to appreciate different customs that people share. Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing:
· Vocabulary—cultures & appreciate
· Sightwords—do & up—Ask your child to think of things they do and do not like and write simple sentences—I do like ____. I do not like ____.
· Category Words—kinds of foods—use sticky notes to make labels for different foods in your kitchen. Help your child sound out each word and write it. Then affix the label on the food.
· Phonics—Letter Dd—Search for objects that begin or end with the letter d.
· Comprehension—character, setting, & events—Read a story together and then discuss the characters, setting, and important events that happened.
· Beanie Baby Strategies—This week we will introduce Peekin’ Poodle who combines several of the accuracy strategies that we’ve learned so far. When we come to a word we don’t know we . . . “Check the picture, check the word, does it look right, does it sound right, does it make sense, keep trying!”
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will continue to study Motion, as well as read several stories related to Christmas, as we anticipate it’s arrival!!
MATH:
This week we will work on building numbers using different combinations as we introduce addition (1+4=5, 3+2=5, etc.)
WRITING:
This week we will complete a couple of fun journals related to Christmas, including drawing a map for Santa to find our houses, with the help of Google Earth.
What a true blessing they are!
I wish your family a very Merry Christmas
filled with love, joy, hope, and laughter!
~Sherry Brinks
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