Newsletter: December 9

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Monday, December 19: Winter Wonderland 

Wear silver, white, light blue, snowflakes - anything that reminds you of a winter wonderland 

Tuesday, December 20:Festive Attire

Red/Green Day, Festive Attire

Classroom Christmas Party 9:30-10:30...we hope you can join us for the fun!

Class Book Exchange (Bring in a new, wrapped book under $5)

Wednesday, December 21: Christmas Morning 

Wear Pajamas or Comfy Clothing

Thursday, December 22: No School Christmas Break

Tuesday, January 3: School Resumes

OTHER UPDATES:

Unfortunately, the last few months have been filled with many colds in the classroom and our supply of Kleenex boxes are dwindling.  We would greatly appreciate it if you could donate another box or two.  Thanks!

Also, beginning in January I am looking for five parent volunteers to work with students with their reading.  Students will be reading short sentences to build their fluency and accuracy.  I am hoping to have one parent volunteer each day from 8:45-9:15 (9:30 at the very latest).  Please email me if you are interested in helping and let me know what day works best for you.  If you would like to help, but can’t come in at that particular time, we can find another time that works best for you!  Just let me know!

READING:

We will take the next week and a half to get a head start on the next round of SRC.  Their goal will be much larger this next time around.  They will have twice as much time to complete their goal, but I encouraged them to get started now!  New goals will be set soon.  Students will continue to take quizzes through the end of the year. Please remind your child to read each night and continue to take quizzes.

WRITING:

Next week we will wrap up our informational writing about communities.  Students will write all of their teaching chapters and a conclusion.  We will focus on writing main idea sentences with many supporting details.  Students will also take time to make sure their illustrations teach about their main ideas and include various text features.  

MATH:

It is hard to believe that we are almost done with our unit 3 math lessons.  This unit is significantly shorter than the previous two units.  We will wrap up our learning about measurement and shapes on Thursday.  That will give us just enough time to review and assess before Christmas break.  Please look for a unit 3 review test coming home at the end of the week.  

Also, don’t forget to have your child practice Xtramath at home. This week we only had four students practice throughout the week!  However, we did have our first student successfully complete all of the addition facts.  Congratulations to Thomas for moving on to subtraction!!  I am excited for many other students to move onto subtraction as well very soon!

VOCABULARY WORD OF THE WEEK:

Determine: to decide or choose something important