Week of Dec. 16th - Dec. 20th

Looking Ahead

Dec. 16th - Dec. 20th

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.

We will read the book The Snowy Day and students will make mental images while listening to the story. We will discuss characters, setting, and other elements of the texts.

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - Long a (a_e) 

Magic "e"

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Verbs

Spelling Words

ran

hat

scar

came

grape

name

cake

only

old

baseball

The test on these words will be on Friday, December 20th.
*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 past week, students have been working hard on identifying, counting and writing their numbers to 120. We have learned to count by 1's, 5's and 10's! Students got a new name tag on their desk, which now has a hundreds chart - they love it because they can always refer to it and check their work. We will continue to work on place value and finding patterns when counting.

Report Card Envelopes

If your student has not yet returned their signed report card envelope, please send it in as soon as possible. We have to use them for the 2nd Trimester report cards! Thank you!

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

• 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!
• It's that time of year! Please make sure you are sending your student to school with a hat, gloves, and scarves! If the temperature is above 30 degrees, the kids will go outside for recess and I would hate for them to freeze. :)

I Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth