“I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.”
–Reba McEntire
Dear Families of room 106,
I hope this message finds you well and rested after this week! I hope you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with your loved ones. Mine started a little rocky on Tuesday afternoon as Antonia came down with a fever and croup 🙁 However, she bounced right back by the next morning and is doing just great! She even was able to make it to Thanksgiving dinner at her aunt Lizzie’s house 🙂 I am SO thankful for the health of my children among so many other blessings like the children I am able to teach and learn with each day. THANK YOU all so very much for being the amazing parents and partners with me this year! I can NOT believe that it will be December this week! I am so proud of all we have accomplished together this year, however the year needs to SLOW DOWN hee hee! I selfishly do not want it to come to an end 🙂
Here is what you can expect this week and if there are any additions or changes I’ll be sure to write again! Have a wonderful week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Ross 🙂
*Thank you very much to all who have donated cans to the school! Although we are not ahead of the pack, I am truly proud of how many cans our families have donated and thank you!
Important Dates: Looking Ahead
Late Start: December 20th
Winter Break: No school week of 12-25-17 and week of 1-1-18
School resumes: 1-8-2018!
*Spelling 1st: -sh words (wish, dish, push, fish, brush, fresh, smash, wash, his, him)
–sight words K/1st: his, him
*Math KDG: Unit 6 Begin (Teen Numbers/Base Ten Focus)
*Math First: Students will take the pre-test for Unit 3 Monday and begin the unit on telling time to the hour and half hour/Base Ten Numbers
*Whenever you can, have your child talk about and discuss what time it is to the hour and half hour and also on the digital clock!
*Science: Push and Pull Cont. Mystery Science Lessons this week
-Mystery 4: (Strength and Direction of Force) “How Can you knock down the most bowling pins?”
-Mystery 5 (Forces and Engineering) “How can we prevent a mountain town from falling rocks?”
*Social Studies– Needs and Wants Begin This week 🙂 If every child can find pictures from magazines, websites, etc. of needs and wants we would really appreciate them by Friday! Let’s say 5/10 pics of needs and wants each.
*Writer’s Workshop-
-Monday Lesson 4: Making Words
-Tuesday Lesson 5: Mistakes
-Wednesday Lesson 6: Stretching Sounds
-Thursday Lesson 7: Stretching More Sounds
-Friday Lesson 8: Writing Tools- Sight Words
*Language Arts– Week :
-Trade Books:
–POEM:
*Mini Lessons: Review Week
-Which in a series rhyme? -Clapping Syllables -short and long i rhymes -isolate and produce final sounds -substitute final sounds -long and short sounds for all vowels
*Spelling–
First: Week 10:-–kdg: introduce sight words ( as, has)