The Week of December 15th

This week our dog friends will be visiting us on Monday.  I'm sure they will be dressed in their Holiday Best!  On Tuesday and Wednesday we will be preparing for the concert.  We are planning a Polar Express Day later in the week.  A note will come home about it.

This week we will have a word wall test on our words so far.  We will now be adding 8 new words a week to our list instead of the six .  We will continue to work on fact families and related facts in math and try and squeeze in  a subtraction test to 9.

The latest word wall words are: been, never, own, brown, off, very, know and out

Our spelling words are: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, out. never, off, very  Bonus Words are: wreath, candle, Santa Claus

The Week of December 8th

This week we will be extra busy with holiday happenings.  On Monday we will be visiting the Holiday Shop held in the library.  You can visit it too on Wednesday night if you would like to do some shopping of your own!  Also on Monday students will have gym instead of family life so remember to have your child wear sneakers.

On Wednesday the students will be performing in the Winter Concert.  The program starts at 6:00.  Students should report to our classroom no earlier than 5:30.  After the show has ended you can pick up your child back in our classroom.

Please return the bottom portion of your progress report signed.

This weeks word wall words are: blue, little, water, cold, live, where, far, their

Spelling Words are: that, then, this, them, with, bath, cold, little, water, live  Bonus Words are: reindeer, holiday and candy cane.

The Week of December 1

December is here!  This is a short and very busy month.  This week our social studies theme will be homes around the world.  We will also be practicing for the winter concert which will be next Wednesday ( Dec. 10th) Our dog friends will be visiting us on Tuesday.  In math we will continue with subtraction strategies.

Our spelling words for the week are: sun, but, fun, bus, run,must, small, put, give and take.  Bonus words are: shelter, cottage and December.

The Week of November 24th

This is a short week so again, there will be no spelling words this week.  We will have a subtraction test and word wall test on Tuesday.  The complete word wall list was sent home on Friday. Wear sneakers on Monday.  We will have gym instead of family life.

This week we will be learning about the first Thanksgiving.  Remember that Wednesday is a half day and there will be no after care.  Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!

The Week of November 17th

I can't believe November is flying by so quickly!!! 

This week we will be finishing Unit 3 in our Go Math Books.  Unit 4 will cover subtraction strategies.  We will continue learning about families and we will read a biography of Dr. Seuss.

Our Word Wall Words for the week are: after, read, was, draw, pictures and write

Our Spelling Words are: yes, let, red, ten, bed, sled, get, was, read, after  Bonus Words are:
Thanksgiving, turkey and Mayflower.

The Week of November 10th

It was so nice meeting and talking with you this past week.  Remember if you have any questions or concerns during the year just let me know.

This week a new friend, Hunter, will be joining our class.  We are excited about his arrival.

During the week we will we will be discussing Veteran's Day and learning about symbols of our country.  We will continue learning different addition strategies and having a quiz on facts up to 11.

On Wednesday we will have a CAP presentation about assault prevention.  Our dog friends will be visiting us that day too.

This week's spelling words are: on, got, fox, pop, not, hop, today, now, our, her.  Bonus words are: brother, sister and mother

The Week of November 3rd

Reminder:  Parent Teacher Conferences are this week.  Pleasr arrive on time.  Each conference is 15 minutes.  If needed we can set up another time to meet.

The family posters are wonderful.  Stop by and take a look.

Tuesday is Spirit Day is Tuesday.  Wear Red, White and Blue or school colors.

We will not have spelling words this week.  The word wall words for the next two weeks are: now, our, her, she, today and would.