Week of Dec. 3

Upcoming Events:

J Dec. 12 Early Out (2 hr.)

JDec. 18 K-1 Music Concert at 7pm at Emmetsburg High School auditorium.  Students need to arrive by 6:30.  (More information to come.)

J Dec. 21 Early Out (1 hr.)

Notes:

JMonday we will mail out our travel teddies.  As soon as we receive it back we will pin it on the map and send it out again.  We look forward to seeing all the places our travel teddies go. 

J We have had several students get sick in our classroom and school.  We have talked about proper handwashing at school.  Please remind your child of this at home.  Getting a good night of sleep is so important to fighting off germs. 

Things to Work on:

JSight words

J Read AR books.  Our goal is for each student to read 100 books by the end of the year to receive a root beer float. 

What we have been up to:

Reading: We read the big book A Friend for Little Bear  and talked about the story structure (characters, setting, events, problem, solution).  The story map in their AR bag is an example of story structure.  We also talked about making predictions.  Our spelling skill this week was on long /a/ a_e. 

Math: This week we started Unit 5.  We have started to learn about the value of dimes and how to count dimes and pennies together.  We played a new game called penny, dime exchange.  Students rolled a die and took however many pennies they rolled.  When they had 10 pennies they could trade the bank for a dime.

Science/ Social Studies: We have finished our lessons on animal habitats and took a test on Monday.  We also read about the food chain and drew a picture to show the process.  We have started our new social studies unit on maps and globes.