week of December 8, 2014

Math:  We will be finishing Topic 4, Comparing and Ordering Numbers 0-10.  We will be finishing ordering numbers on a number line as well as problem solving using objects.  The assessment will be given towards the end of the week.  We will also start discussing the change to the New Year during Math Meeting along with days and months.  We introduced ¼ and 1/3 in pictures as well.

Reading/Phonics: Our story is called: “Little Panda” and the skill we will be focusing on is: comparing and contrasting.  We are also working on Nn and Bb in the beginning of words and end of words. We will be working on summarizing and using verbs.  We also will be working on responding to literature.  Our amazing words for this story are: weigh, healthy, curious, bamboo, explore.

Science:  In science, we have been working on times of day and seasons of the year.  We are working on characteristics of weather and of each season.  We will be doing holiday centers and have completed lots of holiday writings like a reindeer application and our holiday wish.

Reminders:

*Please keep the sight word envelope in the folder. Please practice those daily.  The words include: I, am, the, little, have, is, to, a, my, we, like, he, with she, look, see, they, you, of, are, do, that.

Please wear a hat, gloves, and a warm coat daily.  We go out to recess as much as possible!  Please also write your name on the items because they get misplaced easily.

We just had our December guidance lesson with Mrs. Hull about being good listeners.

We have gone over all of the winter holidays using Brain Pop Jr. and the Weekly Readers.

Important Dates:

*Monday is Day 3, Music

Wednesday, December 10 NSE Red Band Concert 7pm

Tuesday, December 16 NSE Chorus concert 7pm

Tuesday, December 23 Early Dismissal 1pm

Holiday Break-Wednesday December 24

School reopens- Monday January 5

Please see the note in the folder for the donation of gently new or used coats, hats, scarves, and gloves from Monday, December 8 to Monday December 15.