In Our Class This Week...

We have a really busy week coming up, but as always, I will try to make it fun while my kiddos learn. As a team we decided to not do any official curriculum (as our days will be filled with many school planned activities). If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the room.

Here are some important dates to keep in mind:

12/16

Christmas performance practice (school wide @ 8am-please have your child arrive to school on time)
Emergency Drill @ l0:20

12/17

Spark of Love- Fire Department to pick-up toys 9:00-10:30am (TK-1 Only)
Cynthia Fraser Read & Grow Rich Engineering Project (ALL GRADE LEVELS)
Our class time will be from 8:50-9:35
Thank you to all those families that have signed up to bring in items!

12/18

December awards assembly
Christmas program-performances begin at 2:00 pm
Continue to practice songs at home
Video links in previous blog post

12/19

Pajama Day
Polar Express Party 12:00 - 3:00 (invites went home last week and there is a sign up sheet on our door)
Vision and Hearing screenings
After school program closed

Language Arts:

Christmas Stories
Comprehension Questions

Math:

Shapes (solid and 3D shapes)

Social Studies:

Continue learning about Winter Holidays
Christmas and New Years

Science:

North Pole and Arctic Animals

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.

In Our Class This Week...

We have two weeks left and they are going to be busy, busy BUT also very fun! Here is a list of dates and events coming up at our school and in our classroom!

12/10:

Coffee with Director @ 8

Hour of Coding 9:15-10:15 (in the classroom) - Students will learn about coding.

If you are interested in coming in at this time to help in the classroom please let me know. If you are able to come in at this time, it would be great if you could bring in a laptop or iPad/tablet. You do not need to worry about signing the electronic device form for this day. You may visit the website if you would like to practice coding at home: Code.org

Wacky Wednesday - Sturdy Structures 10:45am -12:15pm (in the classroom)

Student will create the longest, tallest or strongest structure using unconventional materials. Parent volunteers are welcomed during this time to work with the different teams (5). If you are interested in coming in at this time to help in the classroom please let me know.

12/12:

Family Lunch Friday

Report cards go home

12/16:

Emergency Drill @ l0:20

12/17:

Spark of Love- Fire Department to pick-up toys 9:00-10:30am (TK-1 Only)

Cynthia Fraser Read & Grow Rich Engineering Project (ALL GRADE LEVELS)

You may begin to bring in donated items to the classroom

12/18:

December awards assembly @ 8:00 am

Christmas program-performances begin @ 2:00 pm

Continue to practice songs at home

Video links in previous blog post

12/19:

Pajama Day

Polar Express party (more information to follow soon)

Vision and Hearing screenings

After school program closed

If you have any questions on any of the upcoming dates and events please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.

Here is a look into our week

Language Arts:

Unit 2 Week 6 "Jack and the Beanstalk"

Friday: Unit 2 exam

Math:

Continue and finish up Chapter 6: Numbers 0-20

Students will be able to compare groups of up to 20 objects.

Students will be able to order groups of up to 20 objects

Chapter 6 test

Begin Chapter 7: Shapes

Students will be able to recognize and name basic solid shapes.

Science:

Gingerbread Man - making predictions and what dissolves in water

Social Studies:

Continue learning about Winter Holidays

This week: Kwanza

Leadership:

Resilience: Never Give Up

Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.

Hour of Code

On Wednesday December 10th, we will be participating in the national event Hour of Code. During this hour the students will be on electronic devices, such as iPads, tablets and laptops to experiment with programming. Because the students will be exploring on the website code.org it is important that I have volunteers who can monitor student behavior and activity during this time.

PLEASE let me know know if you are available to help. Also, if you have a device we can use for that hour PLEASE let me know!