Dear Families,

Happy Friday!  We had a week full of fun and learning in room #14.  We read LOTS of holiday stories and made some special crafts.  Our Associate Principal, Mrs.Rhoden, acted as our conductor and read us “The Polar Express”.  We even got to drink hot chocolate like the kids in the story.  We ended our week with a spirit-filled day of winter fun!  Today, we had relay races in the gym and even a dance party!  Then, we had even more fun back in our classroom for our WINTER PARTY!  We decorated gingerbread houses, made adorable snowmen, made reindeer dust, and ate yummy treats.  Santa and Mrs. Claus even came by for a quick visit before heading back to the North Pole.   Please check out these pictures from our fun day!

Thanks to everyone who helped to make our winter  party a huge success by either sending in items or helping with our stations. I know the students had a great time today. Please remember to check your child’s daily folder today.  The students had fun making two gifts to share with you all. I hope everyone has a great winter break and  an even better holiday season. May you all enjoy time with your families as you create new memories for your little ones. I look forward to welcoming your children back in the New Year.

The students will be receiving new homework packets when they return on January 6th.

Warm regards,

Mrs. Smith 🙂

Dear Families,

Happy Friday! The students began the week with our STEAM Giving Challenge. The students worked hard to make items for our Great Giving Market. Check out the pictures below of our STEAM day.

Thanks to all of the parents who sent in items and cans for us to use for our projects. The students had a great time working with our 4th grade friends from Mrs. Diaz’ class.

We are getting ready for our winter break next week. Our winter party is next Friday beginning around 12:30. Thanks so much to everyone who signed up to send in items for our party. I know the students are excited about our party.

This week and next we are going to listen to Holiday Stories. We are working really hard on explaining: Who is the most important character? What did he or she do?  Why did he or she do that?  We practiced finding sight words: play, you. Math this week and next week, we are going to work on counting objects to 20. Social Studies this week and next week, we learned how to identify and describes items that are needs and wants.

We are continuing to work on sight words and word families. Please check out these videos to help your child at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkUunCjP3Hs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei3dsyr8A20&list=RDei3dsyr8A20&start_radio=1

January 6-10 we will be learning the following:

Reading:

Sight words: come, your, where

Comprehension Focus:

How can you connect this text with another story?  How can you connect this text with yourself? How can you connect this text with the world?

Math:

We are going to rote count to 50..

Science:

We are going to learn about magnets!

Please read to your child or have your child read to you every night!

Thank you for all of your help at home.  If you have any questions, please email me!

Upcoming Events:

December 20th: Pajama Day and Winter Party at 12:30pm

December 23rd-January 3nd: Winter Break

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Mrs. Smith 🙂

Dear Families,

I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break with your families. The children seemed eager to be back at school on Monday.

This week we  have enjoyed reading stories about the gingerbread man. There are so many different ones-The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Baby and more! Ask your child which was his/her favorite! We continue to practice telling the beginning, middle, and end of stories. You can do this at home as well while reading books at night.

In math, we have been counting objects to 20. We have also been learning to write numbers from 1-20.

For Fun Friday we continued our gingerbread theme by eating gingerbread cookies. The students were asked to take their first bite and then we recorded on a graph whether they ate the head, arm, or leg first. Don’t forget to ask your child which part of their cookie did they eat first. We finished up our Fun Friday as we watched another gingerbread story called “The Gingerbread Girl.”

Below are some pictures from our Thanksgiving Feast. Thanks so much for sending in items to help with our feast. The students were excited to see so many parents and grandparents at our feast. Please enjoy these photos.

Next week:

Language Arts: Retelling with Story Elements (Holiday Stories)

Poem: I’m a Little Dreidel

Words: play, you

Phonics:  short a/o/i medial sounds

Essential Questions: 

Who is the most important character? What did he or she do?  Why did he or she do that?

Math:  Count Sets Up to 20

The student will

1. a) tell how many are in a given set of 20 or fewer objects by counting orally; and
2. b) read, write, and represent numbers from 0 through 20. 

Social Studies:  Needs/Wants/Goods

The student will

1. a) recognize that people make choices because they cannot have everything they want; 
2. b) explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want.

Essential Terms

• basic needs: things people need to live (food, clothing, and shelter)
• choice: choosing between two or more things
• money: coins and paper bills people use to buy the things they want 
• wants: things people would like to have but do not really need 

Dates to remember:

December 9- HALF DAY OF SCHOOL-STEAM  Students are dismissed at 11:00 am

December 20- Winter party- Please sign up to send in items for the winter party below!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0548aaab2ea4f58-winter

December 23-January 3- Winter Break

January 6th-Student return to school

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Smith