Time is flying!!

We will be testing for end of semester reading levels over the next couple of weeks. Remember, a level 10 is the December first grade reading expectation. Your child will be bringing home self choice books because of the testing week. They may also read books from home.

New reading logs are coming home.

Our Christmas party will be on Thursday, December 20th at 9:00.  Gaby Soliz is volunteering with organizing/planning/fun and games for this fun day.  Thank you Gaby!!  If you would like to help and are not contacted by her soon, let me know and I will get you in touch with her.  I would also like to do a coloring book exchange this year for them to give to one another.  Please do not spend more than a few dollars (I know the dollar store has some cute ones). Boys buy for boys and girls buy for girls.

Spelling words: which, their, said, if, do, will, we, there, can, an, your   Please have fun while practicing these words at home.  There and Their are so tricky for them.  I make a poster with them and I draw a person out of the “i” in their to make the connection with possession, or belonging to a person,  and we link there to a place Where? Over “there”.

Math: We will continue to build up our addition and subtraction strategies and begin to use bigger numbers.  We are learning how to do a survey, collect data, and create different types of graphs using this information.

Writing:  In Writers Workshop they will continue writing stories about anything they’d like.  They are all at different stages of writing which is what makes this time so fun.  We are really focusing on what details we need in a story to make it a great story.

Thank you! Don’t hesitate to text anytime.