Week of Dec. 2nd - Dec. 6th

Looking Ahead

Dec. 2nd - Dec. 6th

Parents - There will not be a blog for next week since there are only 2 days of school because of the Thanksgiving Holiday. This blog and information is for the following week when we return, December 2nd - 6th.

Reading Strategies

We will continue to visualize to make sense of text and make informal use of schema and inferences.

Identifying important ideas in a story

Chunky Monkey - Look for small "chunks" you know inside of bigger words.
Flip Flop Froggy - "Flip Flop" the vowel sound. If you tried the word using a short vowel sound, try the word using a long vowel instead. Reread the word. Does it make sense?

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "y" as the final syllable

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Continuing to work on Initial blends - dr, sk, sm, fr, tr, gl, sl, bl, sw etc.

Spelling Words

bed

wet

prod

holly

party

story

happy

so

my

family

The test on these words will be on Friday, December 6th.
*Your students brought home their spelling test today - please make sure to review it with them and help them correct the words that they missed. It is very important that they study their words every night.

Math

This week we continued to work on fact families and related facts. We also worked on identifying addition and subtraction facts that are equal ( 3+2=4+1) or that might not be equal (4+5=10). Students were given their first math assessment for Trimester 1.  The test covered all of the addition and subtraction concepts that we have been working so hard on since the beginning of school. The tests will be sent home next week!

Reading Log
Please continue to read every night and record their books. Calendars will be due when we get BACK from Thanksgiving break so that students can record what they read while we have a few days off! :) Next week I will send home December calendars so they will have it for next week!

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have an questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Friday, November 22nd - End of First Trimester
• Tuesday, November 26th - Reports go home
• Wednesday, November 27th, 28th & 29th - No School - Thanksgiving Break
• Tuesday, December 17th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm
• Friday, December 20th - "Snowman" Day! For our monthly reading incentive we will be reading stories and doing activities about snowmen.
• Friday, December 20th - Classroom Winter Holiday Party from 2:00 - 3:00pm

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops - Please continue to turn in any box tops that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) Classrooms with the most box tops will win a classroom party!
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org
• Please continue to practice sight words at home. Making flash cards is a great idea and allows for fun games, like memory!

I Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth