Welcome to our class web page!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
January 5 - Return to school
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone when we get back! I've spent most of
the break in the hospital with my dad. He had some more complications and
went back in the hospital on Christmas Day until December 30. I haven't had
time to write all my thank-you notes, but will try to have those on Tues. In
the meantime, for those of you who check the website, THANK YOU so much for
the gift cards from the class! I haven't had a chance to use them yet, but I
promise you, they will be put to good use soon! Again, I cannot thank you
enough for your generosity.
COATS & JACKETS - We already have some unclaimed coats and jackets in our
classroom. Parents, please come by and look at these, because the children
don't seem to recognize them. Also, please use a permanent marker to put your
child's name or initials inside.
Look below to find out what we'll be doing this next week:
READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS: "At Home Around the World"
- Words with the vowel y that sounds like a long e
- Classification
- Reading to verify predictions
- Using the pronouns he, she, it, and they correctly
SPELLING: Children will take a pretest on Thursdays over the words for the
following week. Those who spell all the pretest words correctly will get a
"pink list" with more challenging words. NEXT TEST WILL BE ON 1/8/2010.
White list: jelly, belly, bunny, funny, furry, hurry, take, came, world, over
Pink List: face, ice, cent, crow, elbow, again, corner, popcorn, startle,
hard, farming, against
MATH:
- Graphing
- Writing money amounts using the cent symbol
- Practice paying for items using dimes and pennies
- Dividing a square into halves
- Subtracting 2 from a number
MATH HOMEWORK:
Since we are doing Saxon Math this year, we will be starting homework earlier
than usual. We will NOT have homework on Wednesday and Friday nights. When
your child does his/her homework, please check and initial it in the top right
corner and have your child return it the next day. Write me a note on it if
your child struggles with any of the skills covered.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Japan
