Week 1

Story: 
The Mixed Up Chameleon

Spelling Words: 
hide, slide, ride, wide, pride, bid, kid, eyelid, inside, hid, over, new, sound, take, only

Vocabulary Words:
dull, exciting, handsome, hardly, sideways, sparkling, spotted

Writing Focus:
Using correct capitalization and punctuation in writing.

Math Focus:
Using a number line.

Specials and Lunch Schedule

Lunch:
12:00 - 12:30

Specials Rotation:

1. Music

2. PE

3. Computer

4. Math

5. Counseling

6. Art

Specials are from 2:33 - 3:13 daily.  

Reindeer Lane

Our class will be visiting the Reindeer Lane shop on Thursday, December 8 at 12:00 PM. I will send home more information as it becomes available to me.

Holiday Party

Our Holiday party will be on Friday, December 16th, at 9:30 am. An invitation and sign up sheet will be coming home shortly.

We are planning to have a festive breakfast, followed by pajama day and a viewing of the Polar Express. If anyone has a dvd of the Polar Express that we may borrow for the day it would be greatly appreciated!

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!

Needed

We are looking for the following items for next week, if you have any that you are willing to share we would appreciate that!

apron for our play - it will be returned on Friday
empty flour bag or sack - it will be returned on Friday
cut wheat - it will be returned on Friday

1 loaf of bread of any kind
1 jar of peanut butter
1 jar of jelly
1 box of bread mix to be used in a bread maker
one pint (or around that size) of heavy whipping cream

Thank you so much!

Little Red Hen, Telling Time, and the Plus Twos

This week we began working on our Little Red Hen unit. We have read a few adaptations of the story "The Little Red Hen" including one called "Burro's Tortillas". We've been comparing and contrasting these stories, talking about how they are alike and how they are different. Next week we will all participate as a class to put on a play about The Little Red Hen. Each child has a part that we've been practicing in class. We have talked about the setting and will make a backdrop for our play. This will be a lot of fun! I hope to have it recorded and uploaded for your viewing pleasure by early the next week.

In math we are wrapping up geometry and working on tying up a few loose ends. We've begun telling time to the half hour. This skill will not be assessed until the last 9 weeks, but I like to begin practicing daily as soon as possible on this important skill. Next week we will focus on some addition strategies like counting up, using a number line, and counting on your fingers. We will also work on place value, otherwise known as tens and ones.

Here are some resources you can use to practice at home:

stop the clock 1 - does time to the hour and half past

What time is it?

Base 10 game - highlight only the 10 and 1 on the upper left