Weeks of December 15-19 and December 22-23

Whether you will be traveling for the holidays or staying home,

I wish you an enjoyable and restful holiday break!

No new word wall words (reading words) for this week or next week

*Review old word wall words- I have sent home a list today of all the words that the students should know to date.

There is no new spelling patternthis week or next week.

Homework:

Monday, 12/15-Math sheets. Also practice what you are going to say and show at the Traditions Celebration; Bring in non-food items for your presentation.Dress rehearsal is tomorrow.

Tuesday, 12/16- Phonics sheet; Practice for our Traditions Celebration.

Wednesday, 12/17- Practice for our Traditions Celebration tomorrow.

Thursday, 12/18-Read the “just right” book in your reading bag by yourself and then to someone at home.

Notes and Reminders:

  • Thursday, December 18this our Traditions Celebration from 10:00-11:00. Snow date is 12/19 at 10:00.
  • Monday, December 22is ourHoliday Partyat 1:40.
  • Tuesday, December 23:12:30 Dismissal
  • Our class is in need of baby wipes and Lysol wipes. If anyone is willing to donate some to the class, it will be greatly appreciated.

Overview of the Week:

In Language Arts, we will conclude our unit “Using Strategies to Become a Better Reader”. Students will practice applying all the “tricky word” strategies that we have learned. We will work with their reading partners. Students will focus on how reading partners can help by using the pictures to help retell the big important parts,how they can help one another when one of them gets stuck on a word, and listen to each other read and try to catch each other’s mistakes.

In Writer’s Workshop, the students will revise and edit a favorite piece from their small moment unit.

In Math we will complete Unit 4 Using Subtraction Strategies. We will practice with the “break apart” strategy. With this strategy, the students are subtracting by breaking apart a number to make a 10. A ten frame can help the students see 10 as part of a teen number. For example, when children are given a subtraction problem such as 14 -5, they make a ten to find the difference. The students first identify the number they need to subtract to get 10 (4). Then subtract the remainder of the original subtrahend from 10 (1). We will illustrate that 14 -5 is the same as 14-4-1 by using two 10 frames with 14 counters. The students will solve word problems using the “act it out” strategy. We will finish up this chapter and students will have a written formal assessment on Unit 4.

Students have learned many interesting holiday customs from various countries around the world! Ask your child who had the first tree, or the first stocking, or who La Befana is! Enjoy all the projects that will be sent home at the end of this week or beginning of next week.

Next week will be filled with holiday cheer. We will enjoy holiday stories and activities. Students will also enjoy a holiday concert by our high school jazz band Monday morning and a holiday sing-a-long on Tuesday morning. We will have our holiday party Monday afternoon.

Happy Holidays! Happy Winter Break!