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 13th.
Our holiday concert will be on Tuesday,
December 13th. Students
should wear dress clothes to school that day for the 10:00 concert. There will be no gym on this day. A second show will follow that evening at
6:30.
Important Dates/Events:
·
Tuesday, December 13th—Christmas
Concert 10AM and 6:30PM
·
Tuesday, December 20th –
Mass 10AM
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Tuesday, December 20th –
Christmas Celebration 12:30-1:30
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Thursday, December 22nd-Monday,
January, 2nd – Winter Break
Upcoming Star of the Week: Emma
Math: This week we began work in unit 6, which focuses on
subtraction facts to 20. We are working
with 10 as a familiar and easy number to help us subtract. Our strategy is primarily using a ten-frame
to visually see 10 to subtract 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
