Happy Holidays!
May the weeks ahead be filled with happy times centered around family and friends.
Reading
Our story for the the week of January 3rd, when we return from winter break, will be Big Bushy Mustache. This is a story about a young boy who gets a part in the school play. His excitement over being allowed to wear the special mustache leads to an interesting outcome.
Vocabulary Words for the week are, bushy, costume, disguise, handsome, mirror, and mustache.
The phonics skills we will cover are the vowel pairs ow, ou and suffixes -ly and -ful.
In grammar we will continue to work on plurals.
The comprehension strategies we will cover are problem solving, predicting, and inferring.
Visit to Fairview Village
On Thursday, Dec. 16th, the children will be visiting Fairview Village to sing for the residents. Please send your child with a sack lunch that day. We will be returning to school at about 12:15 p.m. which will cause them to miss the hot lunch program at Ide. We will be eating in the classroom that day.
Math
We completed the chapter on double digit subtraction. This week the children will be learning more about collecting data and using the information to make graphs and charts.
Star of the Week
Clare was the special student last week. Clare has two brothers, Daniel, a sophomore at Downers South, and Patrick, a freshman at Benet. She also has two sisters, MacKenzie who is at Prairieview in 4th grade and Mary who is one. Some of Clare's favorite things are the color green, dolphins, mash potatoes, Henry and Mudge, swimming, math, soccer, fishing and playing with friends. Clare shows others she cares by sharing her things with them.
The class has been in the very capable hands of Mrs. Burrows. She will continue to be with the children this week while I am recovery from surgery. I am hoping to visit them on Friday to wish them all a Happy Holiday and assure them that I will be back on Monday, January 3rd.
