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Reminders

·       December 21- 2:00 Out

·       December 24-January 2 – No School

·       January 7- Late Start

·       January 21- Snow Make Up/No School

Tips

·        Start working on telling time to the hour.

·        Begin working on the number words zero through ten.

Math

We have been very busy starting our new unit on Measurement.  We have been measuring all sorts of things with cubes and paper clips.  We also spent some time this week working on capacity.  They are really doing a nice job in this area.  Keep working at home!

Reading

We are continuing our work in our Daily 5 routine.  The students have really made some tremendous improvements in their work on writing.  They write in a journal daily.  We are really working on making nice sentences,

SS/Science/Health

In Social Studies we are discussing maps and states.  Science has started a new unit on weather.  They are learning about the different types.  In Health they are busy talking about emotions.

Measurement~

We have been working on Measurement this unit in math and we started the unit by talking about taller and shorter.  So we lined ourselves up in order from tallest to shortest WITHOUT talking.  It was a lot of fun to see how we could communicate without using our voices!

Enjoy!

Map Makers!

We also spent some time in Social Studies discussing maps.  We each then took some time to create a map of our house or of our bedrooms.  It was a lot of fun to show these around and try to figure out where things were in our homes!

Santa's Little Helpers are out!~

Last Friday we spent some of our morning working on making a reindeer to hang in the hallway.  These are always a favorite.  Hope you get a chance to come and check them out!

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Dates/Tips

December 10^th – Late Start

December 21^st – 2:00 Dismissal

December 24-January 2 – No School

January 3^rd – School Resumes

January 7^th – Late Start

* Have your child count to you and see how far they can count.

*  Begin having your child spell you some two and three letter words.

*  Please send a box of snack with your child if you have not.  Thanks!

Reading

We have our first 25 word wall words all introduced in our classroom.  Some students have already passed these and are working on challenge words.  Keep up all the hard work on these words.  We are working on the last half of our words now.  Please practice these papers as they come home!

Other Areas

In math we have been busy working on our numbers to 30.  This has been a challenge for many of our students.  We even took last week to review them by doing a variety of activities.  We took our Chapter 5 test on the numbers.  Keep working on these at home.  In Social Studies we have spent some time talking about the Indians, Pilgrims, and the First Thanksgiving.  We are now moving on to maps, states, and a little on Christmas around the world!  Please ask your child about all these areas as the weeks go on in school!

Turkey Glasses~ Gobble Gobble

If you haven't already seen our Turkey glasses then you must!  Today we spent some time coloring, cutting, and folding them to be just right for our heads.  We were very excited to make these.  We hope you enjoyed them as much as we did!  Some of us were a little shy to have our picture taken with them on!  ;)

Gobble Gobble!

Thanksgiving Story

On Monday we spent some time putting together the story of the first Thanksgiving.  We had to color each page of the story, cut it out, and staple it back together in the correct order.  It was a lot of fun to watch how they colored each page of the story and if they could put it back together in sequential order.  They did a very nice job on both of these things.  We worked very hard this month of November on the First Thanksgiving.

Here are some questions to ask your child to see if they know the answer to:

How many days was the first Thanksgiving celebrated for?  3 days
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came over on?  Mayflower
Who were the first people the Pilgrims met?  Indians
What was the name of the special Indian friend the Pilgrims made?  Squanto

Happy Thanksgiving!!