It is wonderful to be back with my students!  They had soooo much to tell me.  It sounds like all of you had a delightful and exciting Christmas.

READING- Our new unit theme is ANIMALS.  We begin this week with ANIMALS WE KNOW.  Yesterday we read “Mama Cat Has 3 Kittens.”  The story has a pattern to it.  After rereading the story today, we made a list of things kittens like to do.  (Looking for recall and comprehension from them)  This afternoon they will choose one kitten activity (verb) and write about it.

LETTER-“O  o”

WORD-“Is  is”

The students have been writing the letter o and the word is since September.  This is just where the letter and word come up in our curriculum.

MATH- We will be working with Geometry. Identifying shapes, making them, labeling them, and discovering ways that shapes fit together.  Shapes can even make animals!

WRITING-We will work on Narrative writing (telling a story).

SCIENCE-Magnets!

Our December Students of the Month are Newton Brown and August Gabrish.  Congratulations on making good choices with your words and actions.  Our previous Students of the Month are:

Sept. Emily Skinner    Leo Wetzel

Oct. Chase Cuevas  Isabella Laiacono

Nov. Aya Chami  Kassim Sallam

Looking ahead:  Next Wednesday  1/14/15 is LATE START

What a delightful class!  Keep up the reading at home. I can always tell who’s reading at night.  

Mrs. Smith