week of December 21, 2015

Week of December 21, 2015

This will be the last newsletter of 2015!  We will resume the newsletter when we return in 2016.  We hope that you and your families have a wonderful and relaxing break.  Homework will resume the week we get back in January.  Thanks for all of your cooperation!

Math- When we return, we will be starting a new topic.  It is Topic 5, Numbers to 20.  It will be broken down into lessons on: 11/12, 13/14/15, 16/17, 18/19/20, and using logical reasoning.  We have been writing numbers to 20, counting past 20, and putting them in order, and counting objects in Math Meeting in order to prepare us for this topic.

Science- We will be continuing our Objects chapter.  We will be using weight and texture to describe and compare/contrast objects.  We will be using shapes and sounds to describe them as well.

Reading- Our new story is George Washington Visits.  We will be discussing cause and effect in the story.  Our amazing words are: celebration, barn, arch, sprinted, blacksmith, soldier.  We will be looking for rhyme in stories.

Phonics/Grammar- We have started our consonant Dd like in Dinosaur and will be identifying it in the beginning of words.  We will be reviewing verbs that add –s at the end.

Writing- We will be starting with lowercase letters as soon as we get back from break.  We have completed all the capital letter lessons in handwriting and will be ready to move onto the lowercase ones.  We always review to start our letters at the top and not the bottom and hold our pencils correctly.  We are also using reminders to write in lowercase letters with the exceptions of the beginning of names, important words, or the start of a sentence.

Important Information

To help increase sight word recall for those who cannot read the first 50 words given, we will be adding a written practice with the daily homework after the holiday break. 

Dinosaur Report information is being sent home.  Please review and have your child complete it for: January 6.  If you have it done before break, you are more than welcome to hand it in.

Important Dates

December 21- Day 4

December 22- Ugly Sweater and Jeans day

December 23- Polar Express Day for Kindergarten, Dismissal at 1pm

December 24-January 3- No School

January 4- School reopens