In your child’s red folder you will
find a copy of their trimester one report card.
Please sign only the envelope and return to me by Tuesday, December 8th.
Our holiday concert will be on Thursday,
December 10th. Students
should wear dress clothes to school that day for the 1:00 concert. A second show will follow that evening at
6:30.
Important Dates/Events:
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Saturday, December 5th --
Christmas Bazaar
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Tuesday, December 8th –
School Mass 9:00
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Thursday, December 10th—Christmas
Concert 1:00 and 6:30
·
Friday, December 11th—Casual
Day
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Friday, December 18th—School
Mass 10:00
Upcoming Star of the Week: Kyle
Upcoming Scientist of the Week: Cam
Math: This week we continued work in unit 6, which focuses on
subtraction facts to 20. There will be
an assessment on this topic at the end of next week. We are working with 10 as a familiar and easy
number to help us add. Our strategy is
primarily using a ten-frame to visually see 10 to add with.
Here are some good math games I have
found for addition and subtraction:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3565 (Ten Frames)
http://www.ictgames.com/whackAMole/index.html (Adding 1s, 2s, 3s, 5s)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=198 (Finding Missing Parts)
Most of the math games and activities
that I suggest come from National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. You can find tons of resources here:
Phonics: We are working in our sixth unit, which focuses on basewords
and the suffix s ending as in shops. We are focusing on pluralization as well as
the second sound for s as in the word bugs. Up next in unit seven will be eight new glued
sounds. (ang, ong, ung, ing, unk, onk,
ink, ank)
Religion: In religion we have been reading and discussing the Christmas
story as well as reviewing Advent and the Christmas season. If you have time, check out our Christmas
bulletin board about the gifts students would bring to baby Jesus.
Enjoy your weekend!
Alison
