Happy snowy last week before Christmas. I am going to be short and to the point today as I have a haircut appointment shortly.
Here are this week's happenings:
- The PTA is doing a food drive. I sent notices home today. Send food by Friday if you would like to. The box is in our classroom
- Tomorrow I will send home your child's DIBELS (reading test) report. If you have questions about the results please don't hesitate to contact me. I will also send you information about reading groups that will change because of those results in January.
- We still have some dress-up days (on the calendar I sent home)--Wednesday is holiday spirit day and Thursday is pajama day!
- This week we will be doing "normal" work mixed with some holiday activities. We will write reindeer sentences and make a craft to go with it. We will read the Grinch and then write about "how to make the grinch grin" along with a Grinch craft. We will watch the grinch on Friday (the original Dr. Seuss version) and have a school wide Christmas sing (in our classrooms with doors open).
- Our regular learning in math will deal with telling time to the hour and half hour and graphing. We will quickly learn about picture graphs, bar graphs and tally charts.
- In reading we are wrapping up this unit on vowel patterns and finishing our Fables book. We have been reading different versions stories. This week in addition to reading 3 versions of Little Red Riding Hood I will add some versions of the Gingerbread Man.
- Don't forget to keep reading your take home books (new ones came home today) and then return them on Thursday along with library books!
Your child will come home with a little gift we made for you this week! I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday season. I know that this year has been extra stressful, but I hope that you are well and enjoy some time with your little families. See you back in 2021!!!
Happy Reading,
Mrs. Armstrong
