Dear Parents,
Today is the last day to turn in the field trip
permission form and $7. Drop it by the office if you have not already done
so!
We will have special themed days before we leave for
the holidays. The themes and dates will be as follows:
Dec. 17 ELF day
Dec. 18 GRINCH day
Dec. 19 POLAR EXPRESS day (also the day of our winter party
10:40-11:30)
Our PBL (project based learning) this semester is about
kindness. We have been brainstorming ideas to answer our driving question,
"How can we as first graders spread kindness in our school and
community?" The students have come up with some pretty amazing responses!
Next Week...
Math: Students will practice telling time to the half hour. They will
be able to identify and explain the minute hand and hour hand. Students will be
able to show time to the half hour on both a digital clock and analog clock.
Science: Students will learn
about and record weather information, including weather temperature, such as
hot or cold, clear or cloudy, calm or windy, and rainy or icy. Students
will also discover that air is all around us and that wind is moving air by
constructing and observing windsocks and/or pinwheels.
Reading: This week students
will be learning about the elements of folktales through a well known
author, Jan Brett. We will end the week with a “Holidays Around the World”
rotation to learn about 5 different holidays from other countries.
Writing: We will
continue to work on our fairy tale writing and focus on editing a final piece
for publishing.
Balanced Literacy: Students will be reading Aesop’s
Fables and discussing the moral or lesson of each fable and how they can apply
to themselves. We will also be doing some fun winter activities!
Important Dates:
·
Dec. 7 Field Trip permission forms and $7 payment due
·
Dec. 12 Science Fair Research Night in library 5:30-6:30 PM
(optional for k-2)
·
Dec. 14 Friday Assembly K-2
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Dec. 19 Winter Party 10:40 - 11:30 AM.
·
Dec. 20-Jan.7 No School for Students//Winter Break
·
Jan. 8 Students return to school
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Jan. 21 No School/Holiday
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Jan. 23 Thinkery Field trip
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Jan. 25 Schlitterbahn’s Waves of Pages Reading Logs due
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Feb. 15 Six Flags Read To Succeed Reading Logs due
·
Feb. 18-19 No School for students
*Library is every Tuesday. Please
return books!
RAZ kids assignments are due every Friday.
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