Ms. Shelly's News December 3

                                           

These sweet students of mine amaze me everyday! They are working so hard and growing so much.  The end of quarter 2 is coming up. Be sure to give them extra hugs for all the hard work they are putting forth to "show me what you know"!

We are taking the MAP test this week.  Make sure everyone gets plenty of rest.

It's Gingerbread week!! One of my favorites  for the year.  We will be reading many different versions of the Gingerbread Man stories and comparing how they are the same and different, characters, setting, and problem/solution.  We will be completing a gingerbread graph and counting games.

• Continue to practice sight words every night for 5-10 minutes. We can really see improvement in all of their reading!
• Keep practicing your address at home.  Student should know the house number, street, city, and state. The county and zip code are not part of our standards, but it is fine if you want to add that in as well. We will continue to practice at school as well. Once they are able to tell me their address, they will bring home their little house!
• Shoe Tying practice...There are some super interested kids wanting to tie their shoes all on their own.  Be sure to practice this skill at home.

Week in Review:  

• Place value (ones/tens place)
• Letter Y, y  (Yellow Yo-yo Man) sounds and letter formation
• Continue informational writing practice
• Motion and Gravity

Activity Snapshot: 

• Roller Coaster experiment
• Gravity race
• Guest Speaker: Curbside Recycling
• Informational writing: Caribou
• Reindeer Direct Drawing

Sneak peek at the week:

• Review all letters and sounds
• Prepositions
• Gingerbread Man Stories: Parts of a story
• CGI (take away)
• Sink/Float
• Gingerbread STEM challenge

Star Student: Jake Cushenberry


Announcements and Reminders:

• Dec. 14- Holiday Party @ 1:20
• Dec. 17- Jan. 2-  Holiday break