Week of December 21 (Winter begins at 5:47 p.m. on Monday!)
This is a short week before we begin our winter break.
Language - We will be finishing the final copies of our persuasive paragraph.
We will also be completing other assignments related to Christmas and winter.
Spelling - No list this week!
Math - We will be working with 4's and 6's multiplication facts this
week. We will be working with arrays, missing factors in number sentences,
and word problems. The children should try to visit aaamath.com to practice
their facts. We will have a 4x's mad minute on Wednesday.
Reading - In addition to meeting in guided reading groups, we will be
working with comprehension strategies and poetry comprehension. We will be
reading a heart-warming holiday story called "My Name is Maria Isabel."
*Parents, please be sure your children are reading at home each day. Please
discuss the material read with your child. This will help your child
understand what he/she has read and improve comprehension.*
Reading Comprehension Packet - No assignment this week.
AWARDS - We will be working on our pinch pot acrostic poetry. This is related
to the pottery activity the children are working on in Art Class.
Social Studies - We are visiting Mexico!
Passports - Thank you Mrs. Jermyn and Mrs. McAuley for your wonderful work on
assembling our passports which we will use all through the year! We are
enjoying our work with the passports.
Science - Our final plant assessment is planned for Tuesday! A Test alert
and study guide were sent home last week.
Computer Lab - We are going to work with Google Earth this week.
Handwriting - The children are having fun practicing their new cursive writing
skills! We are working on connecting lower case letters and learning to write
words in cursive! This week we will be practicing words with the lowercase n,
m, x, g,y, and q.
Keyboarding - Parents, if possible please help your child to practice typing
skills on the keyboard. There is a new site on the links page for a fun way to
practice typing. We will be working on keyboarding during some computer time
as well, but students who practice extra can only get better!
If parents need to contact me by email my address is:
janet.forader@wappingersschools.org
OUR SPECIAL AREA SUBJECTS:
Music - Days 1 and 4 9:45-10:25
Art - Days 2 and 5 9:45-10:25
PE - Days 3 and 6 9:45-10:25
Library - Days 1 2:30-3:10
Computer Lab - Day 5 9:00-9:40
Laptops - Day 3 1:30-2:10
AWARDS (Arts and Writing) - Day 2 2:55 - 3:35
Our Art teacher, Mrs. Braggins, has asked that all students bring in a shirt
to use as an art smock.
SNACKS - Our lunch is at 12:45, so the children should bring in a nutritious
snack to have mid-morning.
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS!
Happy Birthday to:
Amber - 12/7
Triana - 12/13
Gurvir - 12/20
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS!
Happy Birthday to:
Trent - 1/20
Puneet - 1/22
Isabelle - 1/22
Alfred - 1/23
Krysti - 1/29