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December 20th, 2021


This week in literacy, we will…

  • Read Food Store in the Winter by Reese Brooks. We will talk about what is interesting in an illustration and discuss information in text. We will also notice words that represent sounds and read repeating phrases with intonation as dictated by punctuation

  • Read a funny poem titled, Snowball, by Shel Silverstein

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

  • Read winter themed books, including Snowmen All Year by Caralyn Buehner and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucille Colandro


In writing this week, we will…

  • Write a How-To book about the ways we could catch a Gingerbread man 



In math this week, we will…

  • Play some Holiday themed addition and subtraction games.

  • Find how many tens and ones are in a given number

  • Write numbers in expanded form



This week during our Social Studies time we will be reviewing behavior expectations in our classroom.  We will also be reading books about responsibility, respect, and friendship.


Important Dates to Remember!

Dec.20 At school live bird presentation!

Dec. 22 Holiday Party

Dec. 23- Jan. 2- Winter Break

Jan. 3- School Resume (Pajama Day)

Jan. 17- No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

Jan. 21- No School (Professional Development and Records Day)

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