Week of December 21, 2015

This week we will finish our nonfiction unit for Reader's and Writer's Workshop.  We will review what we have learned and we will share our nonfiction booklets that we wrote.

In math we will be writing numbers, playing some number games and working with addition number sentences.

We will do some special holiday projects this week and talk about the seasons - winter.

REMINDERS
Wednesday, December 23rd is our mom's lunch.  It is also an early dismissal day.

Have a very happy, healthy holiday!

Daniel was our star student last week.

Week of December 14, 2015

In Reader's Workshop we are finishing our nonfiction unit.  Students will identify the main topic and recall key details.  Students will write facts they learned.

In Writer's Workshop students will continue to write facts learned from nonfiction books read.

In math we will compare numbers, we will count and write numbers to 30 and will solve number problems.

We continue to learn about December holidays.

Our Words of the Week are:         am               like

Our star student last week was Curtis.

REMINDERS

Please send in the cartons that we will need for our holiday project next week as soon as possible.  

Also please send in the signed report card envelope if you haven't done so already.

Thanks for all  you do.

Week of December 7, 2015

In Reader's Workshop we continue to read nonfiction books discussing the main topic and supporting details.  We are also adding to our chart of features of nonfiction books.

In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our stories about ourselves and will begin new stories writing about something we know a lot about.

In math we will continue to work with probability and addition number stories.

Our words of the week are:    not      she

REMINDERS

We have early dismissal Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week for report card conferences.  I look forward to meeting with everyone.

Please sign the report card envelope and return it to school as soon as possible.

Notices went home about our special holiday lunch.  Please remember to send back the form and we will need the cartons  as soon as possible.  Thanks for all you do.

Alex was our star student last week and is sharing his writing with us.