Week 19

Greetings 1B Families,

We have made it to the week before Christmas break! Please send your child with 2 plastic grocery bags as we will be cleaning out our desks on Wednesday and will need a place to put our supplies. We will also have our class book exchange on Wednesday. Please have your child bring a wrapped new or gently used book to class. If you would like to join us for our class celebration, it will be on Wednesday from 10-11:30. A sign-up genius was sent last week.

And that will be a wrap on the first half of the school year! I wish you and your family a joyous holiday season and a happy new year!

In pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness,

Shannon Dawson

Homework

 Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags and bubblegum math practice for 2 minutes, practice poem ( it can be found here)

Phonograms to practice nightly: er, ir, ur, wor, ear

Monday:  lake, lace, page, nice, end and math worksheet

Tuesday: review words and math worksheet

Wednesday: No homework.  A winter break bingo and writing prompt will be sent home as an optional activity if you so choose. Have a wonderful break!

Calendar

Tuesday, December 17 & Wednesday December 18th: Half Days

Wednesday, December 18^th: Spirit Wear Day

Wednesday, December 18^th: Class celebration 10 am-11:30 am and book exchange

Thursday, December 19th- January 5th: Winter Recess; No school

January 6^th: School resumes

Academics 

Idiom: The More the Merrier!

Poetry: Table Manners by Gelett Burgess

*Recitations will be THIS week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9e5GF2LVsI

Spalding: We will learn 5 new words this week. We will review on Tuesday and take a short test on Wednesday.

Phonograms to practice nightly: er, ir, ur, wor, ear

Math: This week we will do various math projects including making a math facts Christmas tree, making reindeer antlers out of tens and ones and designing a snowflake out of geometric shapes!

Literature: We will read two Brer Rabbit stories this week!

Science: Students will complete a fun experiment using balloons as they discover static electricity! We will also discuss the flow of electrons that creates an electric current.

History: We will begin a new unit on Modern Mexico. Students will hear about cultures that have influenced life in Mexico today, locate Mexico on a map, and discuss three important Mexican holidays.