Change in Plans...

In order to accommodate our busy holiday schedule this week the reading test and spelling test will be on Thursday. Thank you!

Week of Dec. 16

Amidst the holiday fun this coming week we will still have a spelling test on Friday December 20th. 

You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Creative Ideas:  What does it mean to be creative?	When does a creative idea lead to a surprise?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Long i:  i, ie, igh, y	Long i:  i, ie, igh, y blind   bright   child   cry   find   flight   fly   myself   right   sky   spider   wild
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
alone   buy   daughters   half   many    their   youngest	chiles   luckiest   tortillas
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
abundant   assist   beam   dismay   efficient   forever   generous   situation	Manuscript to Cursive Letters a, d, c, n, m, and x/ Letter Formation

Volunteers

Just a reminder to check out www.signupgenius.com to sign up to help in the classroom and especially to help with our class Christmas party next week. Thank you for all you do!

Field Trip

Don't forget we have our field trip to the Capitol Theater on Tuesday to see The Nutcracker! Please make sure your child wears nice clothes and eats a good breakfast. We will be eating a snack before we leave but will not eat lunch until we return to school at approximately 1:00pm. It should be a great day!

Week of Dec. 9 Spelling

You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Creative Ideas:  What does it mean to be creative?	How can creative thinking solve a problem?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Compound Words	Compound Words: backyard   basketball   bathtub   bedtime   birthday   driveway   mailbox   raindrop   riverbank   someone   something   weekend
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
been   believe   caught   finally   today    tomorrow   whatever	delicious   justice   lazy   weave
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
boast   consume   contentment   cure   gloat   incident   prey   shrewd   snicker	Manuscript to Cursive Letter Formation

Help Please!

Jennifer Fray is our fabulous room mom and is looking for some help these next two weeks. If you are willing and available to help with the class Christmas party or teacher appreciate week would you please email her at :  jlfray@hotmail.com
Thank you!

Welcome back!

I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving break. The weather is supposed to turn snowy and cold this week, please send your child to school with the appropriate winter clothing as we will still be going out to recess. 

As a reminder the 12 spelling words that are tested on Friday are under the "spelling patterns and associate words" box. The high frequency words are on the weekly reading test, they are not tested on how to spell them, but rather using them correctly in a sentence. 

You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Creative Ideas:  What does it mean to be creative?	In what creative ways do we communicate?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Long o:  o, oa, ow	Long o:  o, oa, ow ago   bowl   float   goat   hold   most   open   show   slow   toad   toast   told
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
answer   company   faraway   parents   picture   school   wash	envelope   persimmons   photograph   smudged
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
correspond   cove   deaf   footprint   imitate   postage   transport   sign language	Numbers 1 – 10 Number Formation