Our Class Party will be Wednesday, December 21. Boys should bring in a boy 100 piece puzzle and girls, a girl puzzle with 100 pieces wrapped. Room Mom Jodi Logan will be coordinating our party and if you would like to volunteer to help please contact her.
Academics:
Math: Triangles, Circles, Counting back change with least number of coins. Use this link to practice counting back change with least number of coins: Counting Back Change Please use learning opportunities during this shopping season to have your child calculate how much change you will recieve at the check out. Make the real world connection for them.
Remember to study the multiplication facts.
Spelling: Words Their Way: Sort #13
Skill: Students will identify spelling patterns of contractions for not and will
Words: couldn't, aren't, weren't, don't, doesn't, they'll, who'll, you'll, that'll, it'll
Reading: We will read several seasonal books and analyze the text. We will summarize, identify author purpose, use context clues for difficult vocabulary, find themes and compare the stories.
Writing: We will write an response to literature for each story we read. We will complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast stories.
Our cursive writing is moving along. We are almost done with the lower case alphabet.
Social Studies: We will study Fredrick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony.