Thank You for all the thoughtful gifts!

Winter vacation starts this afternoon!





I hope each
of you have a wonderful winter break and
holiday season!

HOLIDAY CRAFT

Our class will be making picture frames at our holiday party. It could be a single photo, group picture or a picture of a favorite place or activity. Please send a picture by Friday that your child would like to frame!

Overview of Week 17

LANGUAGE ARTS
Identify Features of Nonfiction Books
Gingerbread Unit
Choral Reading

MATH
Fact Power
Addition & Subtraction Facts

SCIENCE
IIM

SOCIAL STUDIES
Class Auction Projects
Service Project – Class Blanket
Exhibition

Overview of Week 16

LANGUAGE ARTS
Question of the week – Who works to make our community
a nice place?
Amazing Words – citizen, community, law, leader, branch, headquarters, patrol
Phonics – Long i, Diagraphs wh, ch, tch, ph
Special Titles
Identify Author’s Purpose

MATH
Timelines
Number Scrolls
Fact Power

SCIENCE
Water Cycle
Animal Cycles
IIM

SOCIAL STUDIES
Living & Non-living Cycles
December Holidays

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT

Guess what? A volunteer, Ms. Jie from Junior Achievement came to our class for the last five weeks. We talked about how people live and work together in a family. We learned how work helps us get the things we need and want. Thank You, Ms. Jie!

This free photo collage customized with Smilebox

Overview of Week 15

LANGUAGE ARTS
Question of the week – How is a school a community?
Amazing Words – group, respect, share, aquarium, borrow,
lines, rehearsal, soothe
Phonics – Long a
Proper Nouns
Identify Cause and Effect

MATH
Measuring in Inches
Measuring with a Tape Measure
Telling Time on the Quarter Hour

SCIENCE
Butterfly Cycle
IIM

SOCIAL STUDIES
December Holidays
Spending & Saving
Hanukkah