Newsletter 12/1

Our Weekly Learning                        12-1-17
News and Information There was a school calendar change this week. We will dismiss December 19th at 1:15. Our Christmas Party will be from 12:00-1:00. Please send in items by Tuesday next week to help us make our instruments in class. Keep reading for the reading challenge! The end of the quarter will be here before you know it. The weather has been a little bit all over the place. Make sure your child has a coat for outside recess when the weather is chilly.  We go outside whenever it is possible. Our snack supply is running low. We enjoy animal crackers, popcorn, cheez-its, cereal, pretzels, ritz crackers, etc.. Have a great weekend!
Language Workshop This week we read Sounds All Around.  We collected some new facts about sound. We also used our book to look for verbs. Ask your child what is a verb? We have done lots of verb practice this week.	Math Workshop This week we started Module 2. We focused on adding three numbers by finding two numbers that equal 10. We also added two numbers with sums greater than 10.  We worked on making a ten to help us add.
Writing Workshop We began our next informational writing piece. Students chose what animal they wanted to research and write about. We started with our research. We took notes and began our prewriting.	Word Study Group A worked on -sc, -sn, and -sw word families.  Group B worked on -j, -h, and -ch word families.
Next Week Next week we will finish up our unit on sound by planning and making our own instruments. We will review verbs and take an assessment over them. In writing, we will continue to work on our individual informative writing.  Next week we will focus on blends, digraphs, and silent e words.	Important Dates 12/4-Kid Vision Screening 12/14-Winter Program 7pm @ HS Auditorium 12/19-Christmas Party, Dismiss at 1:15