New and Notes: Curriculum: We will continue working on our theme of “Children Around the World”. We will be studying about different cultures and how children are alike and different. This week, we will be incorporating the different holiday celebrations from around the globe. Vocabulary Words to know: Review all words in folder please Spelling: List 12 (Study words that are highlighted) Take a break!! Make up a list of holiday words you would like to learn *Remember spelling homework assignments* Practice nightly making words with the sounds we’ve learned so far. Continuing from last week, our skill focus for reading is comparing and contrasting. In grammar we will be studying contractions and practicing nouns/proper nouns. Math: We will be doing vertical and horizontal touchpoint problems using subtraction. We will use ‘counting back’ as a method to solve problems. This can be a difficult skill to master. We will be working on the concept of ‘less’ and practicing counting back. Social Studies/Science: We are studying different cultures from around the world. Please remember to check your child's black and white notebook and homework folder nightly. Please initial your child's notebook nightly and review spelling words located in this book. Your child will be responsible for knowing these spelling words by Friday. Your child's homework folder is also a very important tool. This folder contains the reading stories and vocabulary words for the week. Please study the highlighted words with your child nightly. We will highlight the story on the day it is read in class. You can practice reading this story at home nightly with your child as well (once it is highlighted).