Dec. 16-19

Dec. 16-19

Hello Families,

This week is going to go quickly!!!! We will not have centers this week.  Students are ready for the holidays and have a lot of energy!!  We will be doing lots of fun activities and continue to explore our winter theme and talk about how animals adapt in the winter.

Math: We will be continuing our CGI (word problems) using subtraction and finding the missing addend.

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 Our winter party will be on Thursday at 9:30-10:40.  Students can wear their pajamas on Thursday.

There is no school on Friday, Dec. 20.

School will resume on Tuesday, January 14.

When we get back, we will continue our theme on winter animals and their adaptations.  We will have a few owl and penguin projects.  Besides winter animals, we will discuss Martin Luther King, Jr. and how we treat everyone fairly.  We will read a poem "The Crayon Box that Talked"by Shane DeRolf.  It talks about how every crayon is unique and special.  "And when we get together the picture is complete!"

Have an amazing and relaxing break and I will see you next year!!!

Hello Families,

This week, we will be finishing up talking about the different gingerbread stories and having a hunt to find one that escapes from our room!!!!(Shhh, please do not tell them) . We will finish up our gifts to our buddies and making them special cards. We will be talking a lot about how to be kind and mindful of others.  The class is getting excited about the holidays! Please remind them that we still need to be nice and respectful to peers and faculty.

We are starting our "stick it to hunger" fundraiser to raise money for people in need.  We will be sticking the principal to the wall next Wednesday,Dec.18.  More information and details will be sent home soon.

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In writer's workshop, we just finished our narrative writing piece and will read it with our friends. Our next writing will be on informational text.  We will be writing "How to" books. 

In math, we will be doing a couple of word problems  and solving using  2 different strategies.  We will counting to 100 by 2's, 5's , and 10's.  We are also talking about place value.

REMINDERS:
No Centers next week
Winter party on Thursday, December 19
No School on Friday, December 20

Have a super week!