December 19th Newsletter

 

December 19-21st , 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Review the sound-spelling of single letter long vowels (e,i,o)

• Read a story titled, The New School. We will use context to confirm word meanings and build fluency. We will also discuss the events of the story and find details in the text or illustrations to support our thinking. 

• Read Santa Clause and the Three Bears by Maria Modugno and identify the characters and the setting in the story.

• Read The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Write a Christmas Roll-a-Story. The students will roll a dice to mix-and-match story elements to produce a creative writing piece.

This week in math, we will….

• Learn about place value and make a place value holiday tree

• Practice our math facts with holiday themed coloring sheets

This week in science, we will…

• Use the engineering process to design and build a Christmas tree using solo cups.

Important Dates to Remember!

• Student and Staff Dress Up Days!

• December 19 - Cozy Clothes (flannels, scarves, socks)

• December 20 - Holiday Colors (red, green, white and/or blue)

• December 21 - Ugly Sweaters / Tacky Outfits

• Dec. 22-30- Winter Break

• Jan. 2- School Resumes - Pajama Day!

December 12th Newsletter

 

December 12-16, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Distinguish long e, i, and o vowel sounds.

• Spell words with the long e, i, and o (no, hi, she, go, me).

• Read irregularly spelled words (why, new, school, friend).

• Identify the elements of a sentence and review the use of quotation marks.

• Read and write words with common prefixes (re and un).

• Read a version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff during shared reading. While reading, we will recognize and use simple contractions and understand the meaning of new content words supported by words and pictures. We will also retell major events of the story and identify the characters and the setting. 

• Read a poem titled Peppermint Stick. We will identify rhyming words in the poem.

• Write a response to reading.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Have some fun by exploring a variety of writing genres.

• Learn about acrostic poems. We will write acrostic poems about winter and snowmen.

• Focus on writing conventions by reading and fixing sentences that are grammatically incorrect.

• Write a fictional story about a melted snowman.

This week in math, we will….

• Recognize and extend number patterns

• Count to 120, starting with any number less that 120, including 0 or 1

• Read numerals to 120

• Work on solving different types of story problems such as how many more, how many less, how many total, etc. 

• Learn different ways to solve word problems 

This week in science, we will…

• Start a Rokenbok engineering unit.

• Manipulate ROK Blocks to build structures (bridges, trucks, and castles).

• Explore a specific problem engineers often face (how to make things stronger).

• Understand that pushes on objects can have different strengths and that bigger pushes cause bigger changes in the object.

• Test constructions for strength; Try to improve strength by using different designs.

Important Dates to Remember!

• Student and Staff Dress Up Days!

• December 19 - Cozy Clothes (flannels, scarves, socks)

• December 20 - Holiday Colors (red, green, white and/or blue)

• December 21 - Ugly Sweaters / Tacky Outfits

• Dec. 22-30- Winter Break

• Jan. 2- School Resumes - Pajama Day!

December 5th Newsletter

 

December 5th-9th, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know sound-spellings of final e words with o_e and u_e and e_e patterns.

• Read irregularly spelled words (use, put, don't, other).

• Distinguish long from short vowels.

• Identify elements of a sentence (understand the use of an exclamation point, recognize a colon).

• Read and write words ending with the inflectional endings -ing and -ed.

• Acquire new vocabulary, hear and clap words with three or more syllables, and recognize ending punctuation marks during shared reading. We will also infer the main theme and tell facts we learned from reading. 

• Read a poem titled Mouse in a Hole. We will read the poem with expression and highlight words with the o_e spelling pattern. 

• Write a response to reading.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Write letters to Santa

• Write a how-to on wrapping presents and create a craft along with it!

This week in math, we will….

• Use a number line to solve addition and subtraction equations

• Count to 120, starting with any number less than 120, including 0 or 1

• Work with and learn about a number line

• Count forward and backwards on the numberline by 1s, 10s, 5s, and 2s

This week in social studies, we will…

• Finish our Neighborhoods unit

• Learn about workers in our community

• Learn about rural, suburban, and urban 

• Read The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown and write about why Cedarburg is special and important to us

Important Dates to Remember!

• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert at 6:00 (students should arrive at 5:45)

• Nov. 29-Dec. 8- Kapco Toy Drive

• Dec. 6- Buy an ornament to hang on our bulletin board ($1 donation to Kapco Toy Drive)

• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)

• Dec. 22-30- Winter Break

• Jan. 2- School Resumes

November 28-December 2 Newsletter

  

Nov. 28th- Dec. 2nd , 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know sound-spellings of final e words with a_e and i_e patterns.

• Read irregularly spelled words (that, of, water, carry).

• Distinguish long and short vowel sounds.

• Identify the elements of a sentence.

• Read and write words containing soft c and soft g.

• Infer the feelings of characters, identify the setting, and tell the major events of a story during shared reading. We will also recognize and use verbs with -ed endings. 

• Read a poem titled, Five Little Mice. We will read and identify words with the i_e spelling pattern and rhyming words.

• Write a response to reading.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Finish our opinion writing unit

• Add conjunctions to our writing

• Use a checklist to revise and edit our writing

• Share our opinion pieces with our classmates

This week in math, we will….

• Start Unit 4 a parent letter will be sent home with your student

• Represent addition on a number line

•  Recognize and extend number patterns

• Count to 120, starting with any number less than 120, including 0 or 1

• Read numerals to 120

• Count by 2s to 20

This week in social studies, we will…

• Continue our Neighborhoods unit

• Continue creating our own maps

• Read the book Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann and talk about why we have rules and why it’s important to follow them

• Mrs. Kikkert will come in to teach a lesson on Bullying Prevention

Important Dates to Remember!

• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert (6:00-7:00)

• Nov. 29-Dec. 8- Kapco Toy Drive

• Dec. 2- Hat or Stuffed Animal Day ($1 donation to Kapco Toy Drive- $2 donation for both hat and stuffed animal)

• Dec. 6- Buy an ornament to hang on our bulletin board ($1 donation to Kapco Toy Drive)

• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)

November 21st Newsletter

                                                            

Nov. 21-22, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Review how to read and write contractions.

• Identify elements of a sentence.

• Read Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Write about how to cook a turkey

This week in math, we will….

• Learn a new workplace called “Fifty or Bust”

• Take Unit 3 Assessment

This week in social studies, we will…

• Learn about and begin creating our own map

Important Dates to Remember!

• Nov. 17- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 21- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 23-25- No School (Thanksgiving Break)

• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert (6:00-7:00)

• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)

November 14-18th Newsletter

                                                      

Nov.14-18, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Blend sounds to produce words with r-blends.

• Spell words with r-blends.

• Read irregularly spelled words (said, when, there, where).

• Identify the elements of a sentence.

• Read and write contractions.

• Read The Great Detective by Stephen Krensky. While reading, we will notice words with consonant blends and inflectional ending (-s, -ing and -ed). We will notice aspects of dialogue and use those aspects to decide how the dialogue should be read. We will also discuss the sequence of events in the story. 

• Write a response to reading.

• Read a poem titled, The Squirrel and highlight words with r-blends.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our opinion writing unit by working on conclusions to our pieces

• Use a checklist to edit and revise our writing

• Work with a partner to give writing checkups

• Write about the things we are thankful for and create a thankful turkey

This week in math, we will….

• Learn one new workplace called “Cats & Mice”. 

• Use number racks to solve subtraction as a process of comparing two quantities to find the difference.

• Put together 10 and some more to make numbers from 11 to 20.

• Learn the warm-up game “Number in my Pocket” and work toward learning a new game called “Fifty or Bust”.

• Continue November Number Corner workouts of whole, halves, and fourths, and continue to collect hours each day on digital and analog clocks. 

This week in social studies, we will…

• Continue our Neighborhoods unit

• Read Be My Neighbor by Maya Ajmera and John Ivanko and discuss how to live and work together in a community

• Mrs. Kikkert will come in to teach a lesson on Bullying Prevention

Important Dates to Remember!

• Nov. 17- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 21- Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Nov. 23-25- No School (Thanksgiving Break)

• Dec. 6- Holiday Concert (6:00-7:00)

• Dec. 9- No School (Professional Development Day)